Table 1.

Empiric guidelines for endodontic care in patients scheduled to receive myelosuppressive chemotherapy [7]

Diagnosis	Management
Reversible pulpitis	Caries control
Irreversible pulpitis	Initial biomechanical preparation of canal(s); temporary double closure
Necrotic pulp with chronic periapical pathosis	No endodontic treatment unless patient has 7 days from completion of endodontic therapy to onset of myelosuppression (<1,000 granulocytes/mm3)
Necrotic pulp with acute periapical infection	Endodontic therapy or extraction depending on systemic status of patient and scheduling of chemotherapy