Pulp Stone - Causes, Types, and Removal Pulp Stones are atypical structures that developed with calcified concentrations in the pulp chamber of your teeth. Pulp is the innermost layer located in the hollow center of a tooth and it holds the nerves, blood vessels to supply periodontal ligaments with nutrients. The calcifications inside the pulp cavity are hard to detect so that they become bigger and are termed as Denticles.
In most cases, the pulpal stones are sized between 0.05 mm and 4 mm in diameter. They have a diverse range of possibilities such as they are developed in milk teeth or adult teeth. Similarly, they are found in either the crown region or root portion. Some people have 1 pulp stone in a tooth whereas some people have over 10 pulp stones in a tooth.
How do the pulp stones develop? The exact cause of this condition is unknown but many dentists believe that the formation of pulp stones begins with the reduction in pulp size due to ageing. Here are the following things that intensify the formation of pulp stones: When the cells of pulp chamber degenerate and collaborated with minerals, it also leads to the formation of pulp stones. The cells in the pulp cavity also lose their density due to ageing so that the cells are lined over the pulp chamber and are followed by calcification that leads to pulpal stones. In certain cases, the fat deposits present in the regions around the pulp chamber also tend to Denticles.