Pulp polyps reach a maximum size within a couple of months and then remain static. Spongy, soft tissue nodule that extrudes from the cavitated or fractured surface of a tooth. The surface varies from pink and smooth to red and white and granular. Polyps typically enlarge to fill the entire cavitated area or pulpal chamber of the tooth. Soft tissue may merge with the adjacent attached gingiva.
Polyps usually develop in carious primary molars and first permanent molars.
A single lesion but multiple teeth usually may be affected. Teeth with open or incomplete apexification of the root apices are the most susceptible. Carious tooth with significant loss of tooth structure. Loss of a dental restoration that results in pulpal exposure. Fractured tooth due to trauma with a pulpal exposure.