BACKGROUND Root canal treatment has been a routine treatment option for carious exposure of the dental pulp. In the context of minimally invasive dentistry, direct pulp capping (DPC) procedure with a reliable biomaterial may be considered as an alternative provided the pulp status is favorable. Mineral trioxide aggregate (MTA), a bioactive cement with excellent sealing ability and biocompatibil...

The procedure of pulp capping relies primarily on the ability of the pulpal health. Various factors affect this process namely: age, health of periodontium, root formation, size of exposure, nature of injury and microbial contamination all these only can decide the success of pulp capping. A wide range of materials has been tried to achieve the success. In this review recent advances of the pul...

INTRODUCTION Ca(OH)(2)-containing/forming materials are conventionally used for indirect pulp-capping and are theoretically able to release Ca(2+) and OH(-) ions for hydrolytic dissociation. However, no evidence exists for ion diffusion through the remaining coronal dentin. The aim of this study was to design an innovative experimental set-up to test the ability of Ca(OH)(2)-containing and Ca(O...

INTRODUCTION This study was carried out to investigate calcific tissue formation against mineral trioxide aggregate (MTA) after pulp capping. MATERIALS AND METHODS The pulps of six teeth from four dogs were exposed and capped with MTA. After extraction each tooth was sectioned into halves. Each half was then further sectioned in the mesiodistal or buccolingual direction. Calcified tissue of t...

INTRODUCTION The aim of this randomized controlled trial was to compare the radiographic and clinical success rates of direct pulp capping (DPC) using ProRoot mineral trioxide aggregate (MTA) or calcium enriched mixture (CEM). METHODS AND MATERIALS A total of 42 symptom-free carious vital primary molars (21 pairs) were selected in this split mouth trial and randomly pulpotomized in two experi...

introduction: the aim of this study was to determine the histologic effect of low level laser therapy (lllt) with or without the use of mineral trioxide aggregate (mta) on exposed pulp tissues of dogs. methods: twenty-five premolar teeth in three healthy mature dogs were randomly divided into five groups. in group 1, the pulp tissue was capped with mta. in groups 2 and 3, before capping with mt...

introduction: ca(oh) 2 -containing/forming materials are conventionally used for indirect pulp-capping and are theoretically able to release ca 2+ and oh - ions for hydrolytic dissociation. however, no evidence exists for ion diffusion through the remaining coronal dentin. the aim of this study was to design an innovative experimental set-up to test the ability of ca(oh) 2 -containing and ca(oh...

AIM To determine which methods of primary pulp therapy are currently being taught in European dental schools. METHODS An online survey tool was employed to send questionnaires to paediatric dentistry departments of 202 European dental schools. Email addresses were obtained from the European Academy of Paediatric Dentistry and questionnaires were sent to one member of each department in Decemb...

Direct pulp capping covers the exposed surface of the pulp to maintain its vitality and preserve its functional and biologic activity. The aim of the present study was to compare the biocompatibility effects of seven different pulp-capping materials in vitro: Dycal®, Calcicur®, Calcimol LC®, TheraCal LC®, ProRoot MTA®, MTA-Angelus®, and Biodentine®. Using the Transwell insert methodology by Ala...

Although some investigators imply that, pulp-capping procedures have no place in geriatric dentistry, a case is described in which a 61.year-old patient responded successfully to pulp-capping therapy with bridging of the exposure. Nine years later the patient presented a calcium-hydroxide-stimulated bridge that was still functioning to protect a vital pulp which, for the most part, was uninflam...