Clinical Professor Division of Pediatric Dentistry, University of Maryland School of Dentistry, Baltimore, Md., USA; University of Maryland Dental School
Title: Vital And Non-vital Pulp Therapy Update Summary: Evidence-based clinical practice guidelines are based on well-done systematic reviews while assessing the certainty of evidence and balancing benefits and harms to patients’ values and preferences. Such guidelines are considered trustworthy and can be used by the clinicians to provide the highest quality patient-centered care in their practices. The AAPD published a clinical practice guideline on primary teeth non-vital pulp therapies in 2020 and is updating the 2017 clinical practice guideline on primary teeth vital pulp therapies and developing a permanent tooth vital pulp guideline. This session will explain AAPD’s pulp therapy guidelines from a clinician’s perspective and evaluate in-depth the basis and interpretation of the evidence-based findings for vital and non-vital pulp therapies in teeth.
Learning Objectives:
Upon completion, the participant will be able to understand the need and interpretation of clinical practice guidelines.
Upon completion, the participant will be able to understand the updated evidence-based recommendations supporting vital pulp therapies in teeth.
Upon completion, the participant will be able to understand the evidence-based recommendations supporting non-vital pulp therapies in primary teeth including LSTR.