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Diagnostic Accuracy of Individual and Multimodal Pulp Sensibility Tests Compared With Radiographic Assessment for the Diagnosis of Pulpal Health: A Prospective Diagnostic Accuracy Study.

Cureus · Priya NT, Vanapatla A, Puppala C, T N A, Gaddala N, Mohammad N · 2026-08-03

Researchers compared how well individual pulp sensibility tests and combinations of tests could identify vital versus necrotic teeth in cases with combined endodontic-periodontal lesions. Pulse oximetry alone performed best among individual tests, but combining tests using weighted logistic regression provided superior overall diagnostic accuracy.

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