1. Pulp vitality tests
   1. thermal tests
      1. heat test
         1. same the cold test
      2. Cold test
         1. +
            1. true
            2. Long responde
            3. irreversible pulpitis
            4. Short responde
            5. reversible pulpitis
            6. vital tooth
            7. False
            8. Gingiva
            9. adjacent tooth with a vital tooth
         2. -
            1. True
            2. Necrotic pulp
            3. False
            4. calcified canal
   2. EPT
      1. +
         1. High reading
            1. necrosis
         2. low reading
            1. vital
      2. -
         1. Calcified canal
   3. Dentin stimulus
      1. +
         1. Vital
      2. -
         1. non vital
   4. pulpal blood flow
      1. high blood flow= high inflamatory rate
2. periodontal test
   1. mobility
      1. Mobility of the tooth tends to increase if an infection or injury is long standing
   2. probing
3. Percussion
   1. +
      1. Acute PA inflammation
4. Palpation
   1. PA swelling
      1. Acute Abscess
   2. sinus tract
      1. chronic Abscess
5. selective anasthesia
   1. determine which teeth are the source of discomfort
6. Radiograph
   1. previous pulp exposures
   2. Root fractures
   3. deep caries
   4. PA pathology
      1. RL
         1. internal pulp resorption
         2. chronic PA periodontitis
      2. RO