Volume : 8, Issue : 7, July - 2019

CYTOKINES - AS A DIAGNOSTIC MARKER OF PULPAL INFLAMMATION

Amith Adyanthaya, Prathyusha P, Thusha T S, Ann Meera Johnson

Abstract :

Considering the management of the decayed teeths’certain clinical signs, sensitivity tests, and radiographic findings do not provide accurate information about pulpal status. There can be a possibility of diagnosing pulpal pathological status using the cytokines that are released during the inflammation process in healthy as well as infected tooth pulp as a marker. This article emphasizes on the importance of cytokines level estimation in puplal blood that may help in the diagnosis of pulpal inflammation