Dental treatment

Symptoms

Emergency

Non-emergency

Pulpotomy (symptomatic)

Pain and food impaction

Pulpotomy (asymptomatic)

Caries extension

Pulpectomy

Peri-apical infection present

Abscess (Local-Non acute)

Chronic without pain or with pain

✓ (with pain)

✓ (without pain)

Abscess (Local-Acute)

Swelling

Abscess (Cellulitis)

Swelling

✓ (needs drug therapy first)

Trauma (deciduous or permanent teeth)

Can be with pain, concussion, intrusion, extrusion, etc.

✓ (depends on the condition)

✓ (depends on the condition)

Extractions (orthodontic)

N/A

Extractions (abscess)

N/A

SS Crowns, restorations, PRRs and fissure sealants

N/A

Space maintainers

Apexogenesis and Apexification

With or without pain

General Anesthesia

(Based on number of the teeth, age of the child and location of infected teeth)

Can be with pain, abscess or asymptomatic

✓ (symptomatic with high number of infected teeth and posterior infection)

✓ (asymptomatic with low number of teeth and anterior infection)