Purpose. To investigate the regenerative results obtained with the association of bone marrow aspirate concentrate using the Bone Marrow Aspirate Concentrate (BMAC) method to a xenogeneic bone graft (Bio-Oss) in sinus floor elevation. Materials and Methods. Using a randomized controlled study design in eight consecutive patients (age of 55.4 ± 9.2 years), 16 sinus floor lift procedures were per...

It has recently been found that bacteria are able to survive and maintain an infectious disease process in periapical lesions of nonvital teeth. The purpose of this study was to examine the surfaces of root tips removed during surgical-endodontic treatment for the presence of microorganisms. A full thickness flap was reflected under strict surgical asepsis and the periapical lesions were enucle...

AIM To investigate the effect of bleaching agents having a neutral pH on the surface of mineral trioxide aggregate (MTA) used as a coronal seal material for nonvital bleaching, beneath the bleaching agent, with the help of energy dispersive X-ray microanalysis and scanning electron microscopy (SEM). MATERIALS AND METHODS Six samples of plastic tubes filled with white MTA (Angelus white) were ...

An accidental transmission of placental choriocarcinoma (CC) from a multiorgan donor to four recipients is reported. The donor was a 26-year-old pregnant woman, died from a cerebral hemorrhage. Histological examination demonstrated the presence of a placental CC. Diagnosis of CC transmission was established on the basis of an increase of human chorionic gonadotrophin hormone (hCG) level. The re...

AIM The aim of this study was to assess the vitality of maxillary anterior teeth following Le Fort I osteotomy. MATERIALS AND METHODS A total of 245 maxillary anterior teeth in 42 patients were examined by several pulp vitality tests before surgery and 1 to 5 years postoperatively. Data were recorded in SPSS and were statistically analyzed by using Pearson, chi(2), and Fisher exact tests. R...

background: to evaluate and compare the efficacy of mineral trioxide aggregate (mta) and traditionally used calcium hydroxide (ca(oh)2) in inducing root end formation of immature roots of traumatized young permanent anterior teeth. materials and methods: the study was carried out on 22 nonvital, immature permanent maxillary incisors. samples were allotted into two groups – group i mta and group...

The aim of this study was to evaluate the apical microleakage of Biodentine and MTA orthograde apical plugs and to compare the effect of thickness of these biomaterials on their sealing ability. A total of eighty maxillary anterior teeth were used. The apices were removed by cutting with a diamond disc (Jota, Germany) 2 mm from the apical root end in an attempt to standardize the working length...

root canal therapy has enabled us to save numerous teeth over the years. the most desired outcome of endodontic treatment would be when diseased or nonvital pulp is replaced with healthy pulp tissue that would revitalize the teeth through regenerative endodontics. ‘a search was conducted using the pubmed and medline databases for articles with the criteria ‘platelet rich plasma’, ‘platelet rich...

The purpose of this study was to evaluate the relative amount of root resorption in nonvital primary teeth after treatment with a 1-appointment formocresol pulpectomy. Thirty-seven children ranging in age from 2 years, 10 months to 8 years, 10 months received 41 pulpectomies in nonvital primary molars. At an initial follow-up examination, 6-36 months posttreatment (mean = 21 months), 80.5% (33/...