The purpose of this study was to measure the permeability of primary molar and permanent premolar dentin at various thicknesses from the pulp and to correlate permeability with the tubule density and diameter of dentin using SEM. The data were examined for statistically significant differences using two-way analysis of variance, multiple comparison Scheffe, and regression analysis. The permeabi...

A commonly encountered problem in prosthetic dentistry is the supra eruption of teeth due to absence of opposing teeth. Consequently, replacement of the missing teeth with prosthesis becomes difficult due to lack of vertical dimension of the edentulous area. This article describes the space regaining procedure in a 14-year-old female patient who wanted a fixed prosthesis for her missing maxilla...

: The purpose of giving space maintainer in primary dentition is to prevent the migration adjacent teeth, thus holding dental arch for succedaneous tooth erupt. Molar band fundamental component maintainer. retention surface important ensure fixed appliance therapy. Several methods have been described improve mechanical retentive surfaces bands including sandblasting, burs, etc. Sandblasting met...

introduction: formocresol is widely used in primary teeth pulpotomies; however it is known to have several side effects. the purpose of this study was to assess pulpal changes of primary teeth pulps after pulpotomy with sodium hypochlorite and formocresol. materials and methods: in this randomized clinical trial, 22 teeth were selected. these teeth were randomly divided into 2 groups (formocres...

introduction: the partial removal of dental caries aiming to maintain the integrity of the pulp has been considered the therapy of choice in the treatment of deep carious lesions, as long as certain principles of diagnosis are respected. dentists are always looking for techniques to remove the decayed tissue with biosafety, what provides more comfort to the patient especially when it comes to c...

Accessory canals in the furcation region of primary molars provide pulpal-periodontal communications which have important clinical implications. This study of 75 extracted primary molars using dye penetration under vacuum suction showed that 42.7% have foramina located within the furcation region. There were no significant differences in the prevalence between the first and second primary molar...

To evaluate the influence of fluoride varnish (FV) therapies or resin infiltration (RI) to maintain structural integrity Molar Incisor Hypomineralization (MIH) -affected teeth. Fifty-one children aged 6–12 years with at least one incisor and first permanent molar yellow/brown MIH opacities were included. Patients randomly allocated into three groups: FV – Fluoride Varnish (Duraphat); FV+etch (D...

Tooth morphogenesis is accompanied by apoptotic events which show restricted temporospatial patterns suggesting multiple roles in odontogenesis. Dental apoptosis seems to be caspase dependent and caspase-3 has been shown to be activated during dental apoptosis.Caspase-3 mutant mice on different genetic backgrounds were used to investigate alterations in dental apoptosis and molar tooth morphoge...

BACKGROUND The massive use of preventive measures in Mexico has resulted in a large decline in dental caries over the past two decades. There does however remain a largely unmet need for restorative treatment. This paper describes the steps leading up to the adoption of a strategy, as part of general health policy, to use Atraumatic Restorative Treatment (ART) within the Mexican public health s...

introduction: there are various studies looking at the effects of formocresol (fc) and mineral trioxide aggregate (mta) on pulpotomy of primary molars. this is a systematic review of literature comparing the success rates of mta and fc in pulpotomy of primary molars. materials and methods: the study list was obtained using pubmed, embase, scopus, science citation index, iran medex, google schol...