vitality of dental pulp is essential for long-term tooth survival. the aim of vital pulp therapy is to maintain healthy pulp tissue by eliminating bacteria from the dentin-pulp complex. there are several different treatment options for vital pulp therapy in extensively decayed or traumatized teeth. pulp capping or pulpotomy procedures rely upon an accurate assessment of the pulp status, and car...

Traumatic or carious exposure of a vital pulp in an immature permanent tooth presents a significant clinical challenge to maintain proper vitality. Currently available procedures include direct pulp capping, complete pulpotomy and partial pulpotomy. This paper reviews the application of partial pulpotomy in immature permanent teeth and provides prognostic and technique guidance.

background and aims. the aim of present study was to investigate pulp-dentin complex reactions following direct pulp capping (dpc) with calcium hydroxide [ca(oh)2] and simvastatin as pulp-capping materials in the primary human molars. materials and methods. 120 primary molar teeth which had to be extracted for orthodontic reasons were randomly allocated into four groups. group ι as a control, u...

Direct pulp capping is the most conservative restorative procedure for protecting the pulp from further insult, permitting healing and repair. Calcium hydroxide Ca(OH) 2 is the most commonly used materials for direct pulp capping . The aim of this study was to compare clinically and radio graphically Ca(OH) 2 with Resin modified glass ionomer (RM-GIC) as a direct pulp capping material. Forty si...

vital pulp therapy (vpt) is a biologic and conservative treatment modality to preserve the vitality and function of the coronal or remaining radicular pulp tissue in vital permanent teeth. a search was conducted via the cochrane database, pubmed, medline, and ovid for any articles with the criteria for “pulp-capping,” or “pulp-capping materials” and “vpt outcomes” from 1978 to mid 2014. all art...

This study was performed to verify the possibility of MTA and calcium sulfate as a pulp capping agent through comparing the dental pulp response in dogs after capping with MTA, calcium sulfate, and calcium hydroxide. 24 teeth of 2 dogs, 8 month old, were used in this study. Under general anesthesia, cervical cavities were prepared and pulp was exposed with sterilized #2 round bur in a high spee...

AIM To examine the feasibility of using the pOBCol3.6GFPtpz [3.6-green fluorescent protein (GFP)] transgenic mice as an in vivo model for studying the biological sequence of events during pulp healing and reparative dentinogenesis. METHODOLOGY Pulp exposures were created in the first maxillary molar of 12-16-week-old 3.6-GFP transgenic mice with CD1 and C57/Bl6 genetic background. Direct pulp...

In 6 dogs, experiments were performed to determine the tissue reaction of the dental pulp at the 7, 30 and 60 days after direct contact of the pulp with the obturation material through a microcommunication orifice with diameter up to 1 mm, formed in the fundic part of an experimental cavity. Capping of 36 mandibular premolars with traumatically exposed pulp was carried out. On the exposed pulp,...