Pulse Oximetry As Auxiliar Test For Determination Of Pulp Vitality In Traumatized Permanent Teeth
(Abrão, Carmen Vianna)
The evaluation of pulp vitality depends on diagnosis methods. The mostwidely used are thermal and electric stimulation. However, thermal andelectric testing has limitations in providing accurate diagnosis. Thesetests are subjective and depend upon perceived response of the patientto a stimulus, as well as the interpretation of that response by thedentist. The limitations with present pulp testing methods are thatthey only indirectly monitor pulp vitality by measuring neuralresponses and not circulation. For traumatized teeth, the pulp can beaffected in a variety of ways as a function of the severity of theinjury therefore, that teeth may not respond to vitality test andestablishing an accurate and expedient diagnosis is even morecomplicated. Pulse oximetry is a completely objective test, requiringno sub jective response from the patient and directly measures theblood oxygen levels. This present study purpose was to evaluate theefficiency of pulse oximetry for testing pulp vitality by establishingcorrelation parameters between blood oxygen levels from the patient?sindex finger, positive control teeth and traumatized permanent teethwhich do not respond positively to thermal test with refrigerant sprayand do not show any other sign or symptom of mortification. The resultsshowed that there was no statistical significance between blood oxygenlevels from traumatized teeth at the three different measure times(initial, 30 and 60 days) and there was a correlation between bloodoxygen levels from index finger and the traumatized teeth and controlteeth and traumatized teeth.
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