US Patent Issued on Dec. 16 for "Method for mitigating pulpal pain in symptomatic patients and preventing unnecessary endodontic treatment" (Virginia Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,496,176, issued on Dec. 16.

"Method for mitigating pulpal pain in symptomatic patients and preventing unnecessary endodontic treatment" was invented by Maria I. Romero Vasquez (Alexandria, Va.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention provides a structured, biologically based clinical method for mitigating symptomatic pulpal conditions and preventing unnecessary endodontic treatment. Targeted at teeth with vital pulps and reversible inflammation, the protocol combines selective caries removal, pulp protection using calcium hydroxide or MTA, a sedative zinc oxide-eugenol base, and provisional sealing with moisture-setting cemen...