Introduction/Objective. Lead exposure represents one of the most important factors that affect general health, including oral health and it is associated with enamel dentin tooth defects. The aim this paper was to determine expression fibronectin in pulp rats experimentally induced diabetes mellitus (DM), after lead exposure, by using immunohistochemical analysis. Methods. study conducted on 42...

INTRODUCTION The objective was to determine the effects of growth factor treatment on dental pulp cell sensitivity to toxicity of 2 composite restoration materials, Flow Line and Durafill VS, and a calcium hydroxide pulp capping material, Dycal. METHODS Toxicity of the dental materials to cultures of primary dental pulp cells was determined by the MTT metabolism assay. The ability of 6 differ...

BACKGROUND The treatment of deep dental decay has traditionally involved removal of all the soft demineralised dentine before a filling is placed. However this has been challenged in three groups of studies which involve sealing soft caries into the tooth. The three main groups either remove no caries and seal the decay into the tooth, remove minimal (ultraconservative) caries at the entrance t...

Epidemiological studies have shown that the prevalence of dental erosion in children varies widely between 2 and 57%. Changes seen in dental erosion range from removal of surface characteristics to extensive loss of tooth tissue with pulp exposure and abscess formation. Symptoms of dental erosion range from sensitivity to severe pain associated with pulp exposure. The etiology of dental erosion...

The objective of this equivalency study was to see if a colony of Streptococcus mutans placed into cavities in primary molar teeth produced pulpitis similar to an established pulpitis induction method using carious dentine. In two juvenile baboons (Papio ursinus), occlusal cavities were cut in all 16 primary molar teeth, followed by making a small pulpal exposure after which the cavity was swab...

conclusions the patient reported that he did not feel pain or discomfort throughout the intervention. follow-up visits performed after one, three, six, twelve, and sixteen months demonstrated vitality of the tooth the absence of complications, as well as good esthetic results. laser technology may be used in the treatment of traumatic anterior teeth injury with advantages in terms of quality of...

The treatment options of enamel dentin crown fractures with pulpal exposure in the primary dentition traditionally consist of direct pulp capping, pulpotomy, pulpectomy, or extraction. Many clinicians disagree on the most appropriate treatment, and individual preferences exist within dentistry. Partial pulpotomy, also known as the Cvek pulpotomy, is a mode of treatment which is widely used in t...

introduction: direct pulp capping (dpc) is coverage of exposed pulp by a biocompatible material after traumatic or carious exposure. the purpose of this procedure is to seal against bacterial leakage, stimulate dentinal barrier formation, and maintain the vitality of pulp. several factors contribute to the consequence of this treatment such as material and the procedural technique. the aim of t...

Diabetes mellitus is a chronic disease which affects the healing ability of the pulp and periodontium. The aim of the present study was to assess the histopathologic response of dental pulp to pulp capping using MTA or CEM cement in diabetic rats. Thirty two Wistar male rats aged between 8 and 10 weeks (weight: 200-250g) were divided into two groups of diabetic (n=16) and healthy (n=16) animals...