Pink tooth of Mummery

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This photograph of a smile exhibits a pink tooth of Mummery, identified as the maxillary left lateral incisor, tooth #10, 2-2.

A pink tooth of Mummery, named after British biologist James Howard Mummery, is a tooth exhibiting a pinkish hue as a result of hematologic staining of the dentin.

Endodontology (ICD-9-CM V3 23.0-23.2+23.7, ICD-10-PCS 0C?W-X)

Diagnostic tests

Electric pulp test - Thermal test - Percussion test

Dental radiography

Armamentarium and material

Amalgam - Apex locator - Files and reamers - Gutta-percha - Dental dam - Rotary technology - Sodium hypochlorite - Silver points - Eucalyptol - Saline - EDTA

Endodontic procedures

Apicoectomy - Endodontic therapy - Internal bleaching - Endodontic retreatment - Pulpotomy

noco/cong/jaws/tumr, epon, injr

dent, proc (endo, orth, pros)

Acquired tooth disease (K02–K05, 521–525)

Hard tissues

Caries (tooth decay) · Attrition · Abrasion · Erosion · Hypercementosis · tooth resorption (External resorption, Internal resorption, Root resorption)

Pulp/periapical (Endodontal)

Pulpal	External resorption · Internal resorption · Irreversible pulpitis · Reversible pulpitis · Necrotic pulp · Pink tooth of Mummery

Periapical	Acute apical periodontitis · Chronic apical periodontitis · Combined periodontic-endodontic lesions · Fistula · Periapical abscess · Phoenix abscess · Vertical root fracture

Ungrouped	Pulpitis · Radicular cyst · Periapical abscess

Gingiva/periodontal
(Periodontal)

Gingivitis · Periodontitis (Chronic periodontitis) · Periodontal disease

Dentigerous cyst · Calcifying odontogenic cyst · Glandular odontogenic cyst

Other

Toothache · Cracked tooth syndrome

To be grouped
from periodontology

Diagnoses	Chronic periodontitis · Localized aggressive periodontitis · Generalized aggressive periodontitis · Periodontitis as a manifestation of systemic disease · Necrotizing periodontal diseases · Abscesses of the periodontium · Combined periodontic-endodontic lesions

Pathogenesis	A. actinomycetemcomitans · Capnocytophaga sp. · F. nucleatum · P. gingivalis · P. intermedia · T. forsythia · T. denticola

Pathologic entities	Calculus · Edentulism · Fremitus · Furcation defect · Gingival enlargement · Gingival pocket · Gingivitis · Horizontal bony defect · Linear gingival erythema · Occlusal trauma · Periodontal pocket · Periodontal disease · Periodontitis · Plaque · Recession · Vertical bony defect

noco/cong/jaws/tumr, epon, injr

dent, proc (endo, orth, pros)

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