The material comprised 37 young posterior teeth with deep carious lesions and exposed pulps, treated with partial pulpotomy and dressed with calcium hydroxide. The teeth were divided into two groups. Group 1 consisted of 31 teeth with no clinical or radiographic symptoms before treatment, Group 2 of 6 teeth with temporary pain, widened periodontal space periapically and/or productive osteitis, ...

introduction: this case report describes apexogenesis treatment of three molar teeth of an 8-year-old boy using three different pulpotomy agents. methods: pulpotomy was performed on decayed immature molar teeth with established irreversible pulpitis and the remaining pulp was capped with either zinc oxide eugenol, proroot mineral trioxide aggregate or calcium-enriched mixture (cem) cement. teet...

objective: low-level laser therapy (lllt) has been increasingly in use over the last few decades in both medicine and dentistry. it has been suggested that lllt may be helpful in pulpal wound healing following pulp exposure. the purpose of this study was to compare the effectiveness of lllt and formocresol (fc) application in healing of remaining pulp following pulp amputation in primary molars...

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...

Formocresol is currently the most popular agent for performing pulpotomies on primary teeth. HistOl'3gical evaluation offonnocresol-treated pu'.... tissue reveals inflammation and necrosis.4 ,5,6,8,11.1S Formocresol has been demonstrated to be toxic to connective tissue.16•18 In vitro, formaldehyde will diffuse through the apical foramen within minutes after placing formocresol in the root cana...

Pulpotomy therapy for the primary dentition has developed along three lines: devitalization, preservation, and regeneration. Devitalization, where the intent is to destroy vital tissue, is typified by formocresol and electrocautery. Preservation, the retention of maximum vital tissue with no induction of reparative dentin, is exemplified by glutaraldehyde and ferric sulfate treatment. Regenerat...

Many plants with biological and antimicrobiological properties have been studied since there has been a relevant increase in the incidence of antibiotic overuse and misuse. In dentistry, phytomedicines have been used as anti-inflammatory, antibiotic, analgesic, and sedative agents. Turmeric is used extensively in foods for its flavor and color, as well as having a long tradition of use in the C...

The systemic distribution of glutaraldehyde (GA) from a pulpotomized tooth of a rat was estimated to be 40 nanomoles or 25% of the applied dose. Metabolic studies disclosed that GA was eliminated in urine and expired gases; 90% was cleared from body tissues in 3 days. To evaluate the toxicity of GA, doses 500x greater than that systemically distributed from a pulpotomy site were infused into th...

Sixty-three vital permanent incisors with complicated crown fractures were treated by partial pulpotomy and assessed clinically and radiographically for healing. Healing of the pulp was considered to have taken place when the following criteria were fulfilled: absence of clinical symptoms, radiographic evidence of dentin bridge formation, no intrapulpal or periapical pathosis, continued root de...

Pulps removed from a series of 21 crown-fractured incisors, which had been treated by partial pulpotomy and which had been clinically judged as healed 12 to 95 months (mean 52 months) after treatment, were examined histologically. In five pulps a few, scattered lymphocytes were seen, and in one pulp there was a slight infiltration with lymphocytes and a few plasma cells. In 10 pulps calcificati...