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What Outcomes Matter in Vital Pulp Therapy? Current Concepts and Challenges

Australian Dental Journal · Philip Yuan‐Ho Chien, Sepanta Hosseinpour, Richard Huynh, Graham Xuanwei Wong, Christine Inge Peters, Ove Andreas Peters · 2026-07-07

Vital pulp therapy success is judged inconsistently across studies, with researchers relying heavily on surrogate measures like sensibility tests rather than patient-centred outcomes such as comfort and function.

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