SynthesisInternational journal of environmental research and public health2022
Diagnostic Accuracy of Pulp Vitality Tests and Pulp Sensibility Tests for Assessing Pulpal Health in Permanent Teeth: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.
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- Does Sickle Cell Anaemia Have a Relationship With Avascular Pulp Necrosis? A Systematic Review.Australian endodontic journal : the journal of the Australian Society of Endodontology Inc · 2026Pooled it
- Treatment of vital teeth involved in the extension of inflammatory radicular cysts: a systematic review.Acta odontologica latinoamericana : AOL · 2024Pooled it
- Effects of Photobiomodulation Therapy in Lateral Luxation of Anterior Permanent Teeth: A Randomized, Double-Blind Clinical Trial.Dental traumatology : official publication of International Association for Dental Traumatology · 2026Trial
- Comparison of the vitality test with sensitivity tests in mature and immature teeth: clinical trial.BMC oral health · 2024Trial
- Correlation between pulp sensibility and magnetic resonance signal intensity following regenerative endodontic procedures in mature necrotic teeth- a retrospective cohort study.BMC oral health · 2024Trial
- Clinical and radiographic outcomes of second molars with external root resorption following impacted third molar removal: a retrospective CBCT-based cohort study.BMC oral health · 2026Article
- Use of Autotransplantation of Wisdom Tooth in Managing Oroantral Communication.Journal of clinical medicine · 2026Review
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- From Caries to Periodontal Breakdown: A Biological and Clinical Continuum Linking Cariology, Operative Dentistry, Endodontics, and Periodontology.Dentistry journal · 2026Review
- The Impact of the Orthodontic Forces on the Internal Resorptive Process for Intact Periodontium: A Finite Element Analysis.Journal of clinical medicine · 2026Article
- Influence of enamel and dentin thickness on SpO2 readings by pulse oximeter in bleached teeth.Brazilian dental journal · 2026Article
- A bibliometric analysis of the 100 most cited articles on pulp vitality devices.European oral research · 2026Article
- Diagnostic accuracy of Transmitted-light plethysmography for the assessment of pulpal circulation in traumatized young permanent incisors.Scientific reports · 2025Article
- Association between serum cytokine levels with pulp necrosis and apical periodontitis in sickle cell disease.Scientific reports · 2025Article
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- An Observational Study on Pain Occurrence After Root Canal Treatment: Role of Operator Experience When Using a Bioceramic Sealer.Journal of clinical medicine · 2025Article
- Evaluation of Pulp Vitality Using Pulse Oximetry: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis.International journal of clinical pediatric dentistry · 2025Article
- The Influence of the Periodontal Breakdown over the Amount of Orthodontic Force Reaching the Dental Pulp and NVB During Orthodontic Movements-A Biomechanical Finite Element Analysis.Journal of clinical medicine · 2025Article
- Pulp Responsiveness of Healthy Non-Pathological Teeth Following Surgical Enucleation of Cysts.Dentistry journal · 2025Article
- The Diagnostic Accuracy of Pulse Oximetry for Assessing Pulp Vitality: A Systematic Review.Cureus · 2025Review
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Abstract
The current systematic review and meta-analysis was carried out to compare the diagnostic accuracy of pulp vitality and pulp sensibility tests in assessing pulpal health. PubMed/MEDLINE, Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials, Web of Science, Google Scholar and Open Grey databases were searched and after assessing eligibility criteria the data were extracted. True-positive, false-positive, true-negative, false-negative, sensitivity and specificity values were extracted or calculated if not presented. Quality of studies was evaluated based on the QUADAS 2 tool. Meta-analysis was performed in MetaDTA (v2.0; Shinyapps, RStudio PBC, Boston, MA, USA) and Review Manager 5.3 (RevMan web; The Cochrane Collaboration, London, UK). Ten articles were included for qualitative synthesis and five for meta-analysis. The pooled diagnostic odds ratio for pulse oximeter (PO), electric pulp tester (EPT), cold test (CT) and heat test (HT) was 628.5, 10.75, 17.24 and 3.47, respectively. Pairwise comparison demonstrated a higher pooled mean sensitivity and specificity with PO compared with EPT. Comparison between PO and CT and between PO and HT also demonstrated a higher pooled mean sensitivity and specificity for PO. Summary points on receiver operating characteristic curves confirmed the ability of PO to correctly screen negatives in presenting patients as compared to EPT, CT and HT but no study was rated as good on quality assessment. PO can be considered as the most accurate diagnostic method as compared to EPT, CT and HT. This review provides information about the reliability and diagnostic accuracy of using pulp vitality and sensibility tests for assessing pulp status.
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