introduction: the aim of this trial was to compare clinical and radiographic success rates of direct pulp capping (dpc) using a novel biomaterial called calcium enriched mixture (cem) cement versus mineral trioxide aggregate (mta) in primary molar teeth. materials and methods: in this randomized clinical trial 42 deciduous molars in 21 patients who had at least two teeth requiring dpc, were tre...

OBJECTIVE This study aimed to evaluate in vivo the occurrence of secondary caries and dentin characteristics in permanent molars after traditional amalgam restorations, by means of clinical visual examination, radiographs and laser-induced fluorescence (LF) (DIAGNOdent). METHODS Thirty first permanent molars of 30 schoolchildren in the 7 to14 year-old age group were included. Caries was remov...

in modern endodontics, vital pulp therapy (vpt) has been considered an ultra-conservative treatment modality. based on the level of pulp preservation, vpt includes stepwise excavation, indirect pulp capping (idpc), direct pulp capping (dpc), miniature pulpotomy (mp), partial/cvek pulpotomy and coronal/complete pulpotomy (cp). the present article reviews the treatment outcomes of 94 permanent te...

T hc problem of maintaining thr vitality of a clinically exposed dental pulp by various conservative procedures to encourage the development of dentinal bridging has been the subject of numerous investigations.‘--’ The unpredictability of rrsults obtained from these procedures, however, ha.s been the source of great consternation to most operati\c clinicians. In those instances of successful ma...

BACKGROUND Permanent teeth pulp exposures have traditionally been treated with calcium hydroxide pulp capping. The aim of this study was to investigate the response of human pulp tissue which were mechanically exposed to a new material, Propolis and compare it with two existing and commonly used pulp capping agents (mineral trioxide aggregate and Dycal). METHODS Thirty-six intact human premol...