DIODE LASER PULPOTOMY ON HUMAN PRIMARY MOLARS A CLINICAL, RADIOLOGICAL AND HISTOLOGICAL STUDY

The incidence of childhood dental caries with widespread geographic distribution has become a worldwide oral health concern and is attributed to the increased intake of carbohydrates and lack of proper oral hygiene practices. The treatment of dental caries in children focuses on preventive intervention with topical application of fluorides and restorations when the lesion is confined to enamel and dentin when untreated due to negligence, ignorance or non-availability of adequate dental care facilities in remote area the carious lesion progresses with the involvement of the pulp dentin complex leading to infection and subsequent extraction resulting premature loss of teeth. This causes an imbalance in the growth of jaw apparatus, arch length discrepancy, masticatory distress, phonation problems, and unpleasant aesthetics. The management of pulpally infected or affected teeth has been tried, to retain the tooth in the arch till its normal exfoliation with different procedures of pulp capping, pulpotomy, pulpectomy, and Lesion Sterilization and Tissue Repair (LSTR).