This study was conducted to observe the response of dog's dental pulp to hydrpxylapatite (Hap) and calcium hydroxide when used as pulp capping materials. After the pulps of 22 teeth were exposed, they were capped with either Hap or calcium hydroxide. Histological analysis was performed 8 weeks after treatment. Results showed that pulp exposure caused irreversible injury of odontoblasts, which w...

An important issue prior to restorative or endodontic treatment of carious teeth is the assessment of the different conditions of each individual case. This relates to the static, anatomical considerations of the location of the caries lesion, as well as the dynamic activity and extent of the carious process. Moreover, the restorative treatment may be carried out for prosthetic or cosmetic purp...

Systemic evaluation of various haemostatic agents following local application prior to direct pulp capping Franklin Garcia-Godoy1 Peter E. Murray2 1DDS, MS, Professor and Associate Dean for Research, Nova Southeastern University, College of Dental Medicine, Fort Lauderdale, Florida. 2PhD, Assistant Professor, Director of Oral Biology, Nova Southeastern University, College of Dental Medicine, Fo...

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.

Pulp capping is a restorative technique employed in an attempt to maintain pulpal vitality and generate reparative dentin. Ca2+ released from capping materials is suggested to promote reparative dentin formation. Transient receptor potential channel 6 (TRPC6) is a receptor-operated Ca2+ channel that serves an important role in Ca2+ influx in the majority of non-excitable cells, and influences t...

Effective pulp-capping materials must have antibacterial properties and induce dentin bridge formation; however, many current materials do not satisfy clinical requirements. Accordingly, the effects of an experiment pulp-capping material (Exp) composed of an antibacterial resin monomer (MAE-DB) and Portland cement (PC) on the viability, adhesion, migration, and differentiation of human dental p...

Background and aims. Mineral trioxide aggregate and calcium hydroxide are considered the gold standard pulp-capping materials. Recently, Portland cement has been introduced with properties similar to those of mineral trioxide aggregate. Histopathological effects of direct pulp capping using mineral trioxide aggregate and Portland cements on dog dental pulp tissue were evaluated in the present s...

We used the Cu ions for the leakage analysis between pulp capping and restorative materials. Theoretically, Cu has more advantages than Ag ions due to their smaller radii (rCu (2+)=73 pm and rAg (2+)=94 pm), lower mass density (dCu=8.96 g/cm(3) and dAg=10.49 g/cm(3)) and higher radio opacity which can be more useful by X-ray or EDX detectors, cheaper price and more abundance in planet when comp...

Calcium hydroxide has been extensively and steadily used for direct pulp capping in modern clinical dentistry. As it was known to have potential to induce hard tissue repair, this chemical has been applied to the exposed dental pulp and the hard tissue is expected to be regenerated above the pulp. During the reparative process of exposed pulp, primary odontoblasts that were lost as a result of ...