Restored vitality in luxated teeth assessed by laser Doppler flowmeter

Abstract

Abstract Revascularization of the pulps in 4 luxated lower incisors in an 11‐year‐old boy was demonstrated with a laser Doppler flowmeter. Pulpal blood flow arrested at the 1–week control was partly restored at 6 weeks and reached normal values 9 months after the trauma. Pulpal obliteration was recognized after 9 months and was pronounced at the 1–year and 2–year controls. Electrometric sensitivity started to appear in 3 of the teeth at 9 months and was further restored in all teeth at the 1–year and 2–year controls.