Aim: To investigate the effect of Emdogain gel (EMD) in pulpotomized primary molars and its clinical and radiographic outcomes. Methods and Materials: In this   study, 18 lower second primary molars of nine children were treated by   pulpotomy. The teeth were randomly assigned to the EMD (experimental) and Formocresol (control) groups in each patient (split mouth). Following removal of the coro...

1DDS, PhD, Associate professor, Department of Operative Dentistry, Dental School, Federal University of Pelotas, Pelotas/RS, Brazil. 2DDS, Graduate student, Federal University of Pelotas, Pelotas/RS, Brazil. 3DDS, PhD, Associate professor, Department of Semiology and Clinic, Dental School, Federal University of Pelotas, Pelotas/RS, Brazil. 4DDS, PhD, Associate professor, Department of Operative...

radicular cysts arising from deciduous teeth are rare. this report presents a case of radicular cyst associated with a primary molar following pulp therapy and discusses the relationship between pulp therapy and the rapid growth of the cyst. the treatment consisted of enucleation of the cyst sac and extraction of the involved primary teeth and 20 months follow up of the patient. early diagnosis...

Dithiocarbamates (DTC) are organosulfur compounds represented by a general structure (R1R2)N-(C=S)-SX, where R can be substituted by an alkyl, alkylene, aryl, or similar other group, and X usually by a metal ion (Edwards, 1991; Kamrin, 1997; US EPA, 2001). Discovered in the 1930s, the DTC were first introduced as fungicides for commercial applications during World War II (Ware & Whitacre, 2004)...

Formocresol applied to vital pulp tissue is absorbed systemically and distributed throughout the body. The sites of injury and the systemic effects of the intravenous administration of high doses of formocresol have been determined. The purpose of this project was to determine whether cellular injury could be detected following formocresol application to vital pulp tissue. Five dogs were anesth...

This report describes a case of a 7 years old girl who suffered from complicated crown fracture of right mandibular central incisor because of a bicycle accident. For the tooth partial pulpotomy with calcium hydroxide, capping was performed in order to achieve apexogenesis and the tooth was restored with a double-seal of glass ionomer cement and composite resin. The patient was reviewed over 8 ...