| ADA | American Dental Association |
| ANOVA | Analysis of Variance |
| AU | Absorbance Units |
| COX2 | Cyclooxygenase 2 |
| d | Days |
| DAPI | 6-diamidino-2-phenylindole |
| DMEM | Dulbecco’s Modified Eagle Medium |
| DPBS | Dulbecco’s Phosphate-Buffered Saline |
| ECM | Extracellular Matrix |
| ELISA | Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay |
| FDA | Food and Drug Administration |
| GSH | Glutathione |
| H | Hours |
| HEMA | 2-hydroxyethyl methacrylate |
| hiDPSC | Human Immortalized Dental Pulp Stem Cell |
| hpDPSC | Human Primary Dental Pulp Stem Cell |
| H2O2 | Hydrogen Peroxide |
| IgG | Immunoglobulin G |
| IL-1β | Interleukin 1β |
| IL-8 | Interleukin 8 |
| LCSM | Laser-Scanning Confocal Microscopy |
| min | Minutes |
| MTT | (3-(4,5-dimethylthiazol-2-yl)-2,5-diphenyltetrazolium bromide |
| NAC | N-Acetyl Cysteine |
| NLRP3 | NLR Family Pyrin Domain Containing 3 |
| Nrf2 | Nuclear Factor Erythroid-2-Related Factor 2 |
| OCT4 | Octamer-Binding Transcription Factor 4 |
| ROS | Reactive Oxygen Species |
| SOX2 | Sex Determined Region y-Box 2 |
| TEGDMA | Triethyleneglycol Dimethacrylate |
| UTHSC | University of Tennessee Health Science Center |