introduction: the aim of this in vitro study was to evaluate the tooth discoloration induced by calcium-enriched mixture (cem) cement and mineral trioxide aggregate (mta). methods and materials: forty five endodontically treated human maxillary central incisors were selected and divided into three groups ( n =15) after removing the coronal 3 mm of the obturating materials. in the mta group, whi...

REVIEW Recent progress in understanding the molecular and cellular changes during tooth development and how they are mimicked during tissue repair, offers the opportunity to assess the biologic validity of the various vital pulp treatments. Under this light, indirect pulp treatment can be an acceptable procedure for primary teeth with reversible pulp inflammation, provided that this diagnosis i...

The goal of primary tooth pulp therapy is the preservation of the primary teeth until their normal time of exfoliation. Teeth with carious involvement approaching the pulp can be treated with a variety of approaches, including three pulpotomy techniques--diluted formocresol, ferric sulfate, and mineral trioxide aggregate--and an indirect pulp therapy technique. Accurate diagnosis of the vitalit...

vital pulp therapy (vpt) is the preferred conservative treatment for preservation of symptomatic pulps in immature permanent teeth. the present case report summarizes vpt of an immature permanent molar with irreversible pulpitis associated with apical periodontitis in a 9-year-old boy. cervical pulpotomy was performed and radicular pulp stump were covered with calcium-enriched mixture (cem) cem...

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...

INTRODUCTION This systematic review aims to illustrate the outcome of vital pulp therapy, namely direct pulp capping, partial pulpotomy, and full pulpotomy, in vital permanent teeth with cariously exposed pulp. METHODS Electronic database MEDLINE via Ovid, PubMed, and Cochrane databases were searched. Hand searching was performed through reference lists of endodontic textbooks, endodontic-rel...

Emphasis has shifted from the "doomed" organ concept of an exposed pulp to one of hope and recovery. The era of vital-pulp therapy has been greatly enhanced with the introduction of various pulp capping materials. The aim of this article is to summarize and discuss about the various and newer pulp capping materials used for protection of the dentin-pulp complex.