Saudi Dental Journal - 1989-1-2-65-66

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ISSN (Print) 1013-9052
EISSN 1658-3558

The Saudi Dental Journal,
P.O. Box 52500,
Riyadh 11563,
Kingdom of Saudi Arabia

Tel.	966-1-467-7328
Fax.	933-1-467-7308 / 966-1-467-7534
Email	saudidj@ksu.edu.sa

SDJ

Pulp Stones and Dental Pain

Mukhtar H. Abdel Wahab, BDS, PhD
Riyadh Dental Center, P.O.Box 1584, Riyadh 11441, Saudi Arabia.

A case is reported of a 42 year-old female who presented with the painful upper left first molar. Comprehensive clinical examination did not reveal the cause of the pain which got progressively worse. The tooth was extracted on the insistence of the patient. Microscopic examination of multiple sections of the decalcified tooth showed a large freestone which occupied most of the pulp chamber and was closely related to a nerve bundle. The finding tended to support the view that pulp stones in an apparently healthy tooth may cause toothache.

Saudi Dental Journal 1989;1(2):65-66.