broken tooth

Thank you very much for the replies Drs. Levi and Neiman. I went to the university hospital and I am bit more confused but closed to coming a fuller understanding of my problem and the treatment options.. Hopefully...

So what they did was this..

First percussion test: Based on the things I have read, I can say that I had mild response. It feels different form the other side. but thats all.

They haven't done cold or hot tests for some reason, perhaps because I don't have such hypersensitivities in general. (eat an ice cream and feel nothing..)

The people who did my primary exam sent me to endodontics.. The people in endo requested EPT and it came out to be +3 which they said is almost near to vital tissue. another question was "does this pain wake you up in the middle of the night" and I said no. Because I never have pain or sensitivity except when I bite on something.. Saying that it is vital, the people in endo sent me for filling...

However, people who do the filling said EPT is not useful if not done on both sides (mine was done on 1 side) and the symetric tooth has also started to decay on the exact same location and the fact that it feels different on percussion means pulpitis is present and canal treatment should be done and it can also be done for vital root...

I went back to endo and they gave me an appointment for 3 weeks later... (would have been 3-4 months if I was not working in the same university.... wonders of developing country...)

From what I have been reading and what was suggested to me by the dentist, my conclusion is that I have pulp polyp (which is apparently very very unusual to have at the age of 25) either because of complication of crown fracture with pulp exposure or the pulp polyp itself caused the fracture and continued to grow later... the people in that university I think will either cut it or burn because they said they don't have laser..

I have read that in general, root canal and extraction are the only two choices for such lesions.. However it does make me wonder, since I don't have hot/cold intolerance, and EPT says the root is vital, I think I am only having reversible pulpitis, which in case of pulp polyp seems unlikely (isn't that supposed to be a result of chronic inflammation?? but I guess could also be potentially caused by mechanical trauma alone since the tooth was broken and exposed for almost more than a year...)

So I am still hoping that it can be saved with just removing the polyp, partial pulpotomy and do filling.. Am I too big a dreamer?

For the impactions, I told my concerns about these operations that I am afraid to be having sensory problems and that lots of bone would be removed etc... He said the sensory impairment would go away with taking vitamin pills and if my jaw breaks they can repair it.. That didn't sound very convincing... so I am still considering it..

Thank you very very much for the replies...