BACKGROUND Direct pulp capping involves the application of a dental material to seal communications between the exposed pulp and the oral cavity (mechanical and carious pulp exposures) in an attempt to act as a barrier, protect the dental pulp complex and preserve its vitality. The aim of this study was to evaluate and compare, by the agar disc diffusion test, the antimicrobial activity of six ...

Incisors are the most frequently involved teeth to suffer dental trauma, with root fractures occurring in 3% of injuries due to dental trauma. Horizontal root fractures mostly affect upper central incisors, mainly in the middle third of the root. Nevertheless, apical and coronal third fractures are also sometimes reported. This case report presents the five-year follow-up of a 16-year-old male ...

introduction: the purpose of this in-vitro study was to investigate the influence of the remaining calcium hydroxide (ch) as an intracanal dressing on the apical sealing ability of three endodontic sealers. materials and methods: sixty-six single and straight canals of recently extracted human permanent maxillary central incisors were used. all canals were prepared and sixty of them were random...

Restorative dentistry is mainly based on good adhesion between restorative materials and dental substrates; while adhesion to enamel is generally reliable, adhesion to dentin is less predictable (1) because of the presence of dentinal tubulis and the perfusion of liquids from it. Adhesion to dentin requires demineralization of peritubular and intertubular dentin to replace the demineralized lay...

Tricalcium silicate-based materials are growing in popularity for dental procedures. This study reports the physical properties of two experimental tricalcium silicate-based Generex A and B materials. Generex A is designed for vital dental pulp therapy, the repair of root perforations, or to seal a resected root apex. Generex B is designed for nonsurgical root canal procedures as a sealant. ADA...

AIM The Er:YAG laser has proven to be effective and efficient in dental hard tissue ablation. The Minimally Invasive Dentistry (MID) approach in caries removal is to stop the disease process and to restore lost tooth structure and function, maximizing the health potential of the tooth. One of the most important concepts of the MID is to preserve as much as possible the dental tissue and this ap...