Rev. ed. of: The dental pulp / Samuel Seltzer, I.B. Bender. 3rd ed. c1984.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

History of pulp biology / Harold Goodis -- Development of the pulpodentin complex / Rena D'Souza -- Dentin formation and repair in the adult / Anthony J. Smith -- Pulpodentin complex / David Pashley -- Pulp as a connective tissue / Takashi Okiji -- The circulation of the pulp / Hideaki Suda, Hideharu Ikeda -- Nerve supply of the dentin-pulp complex and responses to injury / Margaret R. Byers and Matti V.O. Nrhi -- Pain mechanisms of the pulpodentin complex / Kenneth M. Hargreaves -- Pharmacologic control of dental pain / Kenneth M. Hargreaves, Samuel Seltzer -- Histology of pulpal inflammation / Henry O. Trowbridge -- Molecular mediators of pulpal inflammation / Ashraf F. Fouad -- Pulpal infections including caries / J. Craig Baumgartner -- Calcium hydroxide and vital pulp therapy / Harold Stanley -- Repair of pulpal injury by dental materials / Charles F. Cox, George Bogen, Hugh M. Kopel, John D. Ruby -- Permanent restorations and the dental pulp / Harold H. Messer -- Effects of thermal and mechanical irritants / Harold Goodis, David Pashley, Adam Stabholtz -- Interrelationship of dental pulp and apical periodontitis / Philip Stashenko -- Interrelationship of pulpal and periodontal diseases / R. Bruce Rutherford -- Root resorption / Linda Levin, Martin Trope -- Differential diagnosis of odontalgia / Samuel Seltzer, Kenneth M. Hargreaves -- The dental pulp in systemic disorders / I. B. Bender and Kenneth M. Hargreaves.