When a cavity or trauma gets really deep or close to the nerve of a tooth, the pulpal tissue becomes irritated and inflamed. A pulpotomy, removes the inflamed tissue in the crown portion of the tooth and replaces it with medication. The only medicine used in our Highland, CA office for pulpotomies is Mineral Trioxide Aggregate (MTA).

Mineral Trioxide Aggregate is research-backed as the most successful and safest material used for pulpotomies and promotes healing in baby teeth.

A pulpepctomy removes tissue from both the crown and root of the tooth and is required when the nerve is irreversibly infected or dead.