creators_name: Ngeow, W.C. creators_name: Thong, Y.L. creators_id: ngeowy@um.edu.my type: journalp datestamp: 2012-04-25 13:00:43 lastmod: 2012-04-25 13:00:43 metadata_visibility: show title: Gaining access through a calcified pulp chamber: a clinical challenge ispublished: pub subjects: JOURNALS subjects: OJHAS full_text_status: public keywords: Calcification; Calcium Hydroxide; Endodontics; Radiograph; Root Canal note: Times Cited: 3 Ngeow, WC Thong, YL abstract: Dental pulp is prone to dystrophic mineralization; this mineralization can be so extensive that the entire root canal system is obliterated, As a result, root canal treatment can become a difficult if not impossible task, This article presents the endodontic management of a tooth with an obliterated pulp chamber and associated with a discharging sinus in a teenage patient, The role of a calcium hydroxide lining to induce mineralization and cause the obliteration of the pulpal space is also discussed. date: 1998-09 date_type: published publication: International Endodontic Journal volume: 31 number: 5 publisher: BLACKWELL SCIENCE LTD, P O BOX 88, OSNEY MEAD, OXFORD OX2 0NE, OXON, ENGLAND pagerange: 367-371 refereed: TRUE citation: Ngeow, Dr. W.C. and Thong, Y.L. (1998) Gaining access through a calcified pulp chamber: a clinical challenge. [Journal (Paginated)] document_url: http://cogprints.org/8183/1/Gaining%20access%20through%20a%20calcified%20pulp%20chamber%20a%20clinical%20challenge.pdf