In this video I am illustrating the procedure of partial pulpotomy in a mandibular molar with caries penetrating the pulp and the diagnosis of irreversible pulpitis.
The visual characteristics that the pulp wound should ideally exhibit after pulpotomy procedures are clearly shown under high magnification with the operating microscope.
The capping material in this particular case was chemically pure calcium hydroxide. Re-accessing the pulpotomy wound after a period of 3 months revealed a favorable outcome, with the formation of a mineralized barrier filling the entire exposure site.

Viewers are referred to the following publications:
Ricucci D, Loghin S, Siqueira JF Jr. Correlation between clinical and histologic pulp diagnoses. J Endod 2014; 40:1932-9.
Ricucci D, Loghin S, Lin L, Spångberg LSW, Tay F. Is hard tissue formation in the dental pulp after the death of the primary odontoblasts a regenerative or a reparative process? J Dent 2014; 42:1156-70.
Ricucci D, Siqueira JF Jr, Li Y, Tay FR. Vital pulp therapy: histopathology and histobacteriology-based guidelines to treat teeth with deep caries and pulp exposure. J Dent 2019; 86:41-52.
Ricucci D, Grande NM, Plotino G, Tay FR. Histologic response of human pulp and periapical tissues to tricalcium silicate-based materials - a series of successfully treated cases. J Endod 2020; 46:307-17.
Ricucci D, Siqueira JF Jr, Rôças IN, Lipski M, Shiban A, Tay FR. Pulp and dentine responses to selective caries excavation: A histological and histobacteriological human study. J Dent. 2020 Sep;100:103430. doi: 10.1016/j.jdent.2020.103430.

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