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Pulse oximetry: a diagnostic instrument in pulpal vitality testing

  • A.K. Munshi1,*,
  • Amitha M. Hegde1
  • Sangeeth Radhakrishnan1

1Department of Pedodontics and Preventive Dentistry, A.B. Shetty Memorial Institute of Dental Sciences, Deralakatte, Mangalore-584 160, Karnataka, India

DOI: 10.17796/jcpd.26.2.2j25008jg6u86236 Vol.26,Issue 2,April 2002 pp.141-146

Published: 01 April 2002

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Abstract

One hundred children with normal maxillary central and lateral incisors were subjected to vitality tests each by electrical and pulse oximetry. As a control population to confirm the readings, 10 known non-vital anterior teeth with complete endodontic fillings were tested. The systemic oxygen saturation val-ues measured on the index finger of the patient served as the control for the comparison of the oxygen saturation values measure on the teeth. The SaO2 values obtained on the teeth were correlated with the electrical test readings. The correlation between the SaO2 readings and electrical testing readings were found to be negative i.e. as the values of the electrical pulp testing reading increased, the SaO2 values decreased. Since a reproducible SaO2 level is obtainable on the vital teeth, pulse oximetry has imme-diate clinical value in providing base line vitality data for the traumatised teeth.

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A.K. Munshi,Amitha M. Hegde,Sangeeth Radhakrishnan. Pulse oximetry: a diagnostic instrument in pulpal vitality testing. Journal of Clinical Pediatric Dentistry. 2002. 26(2);141-146.

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