INTRODUCTION The aim of this randomized clinical trial was to compare the histologic pulp tissue response to one-step direct pulp capping (DPC) and miniature pulpotomy (MP) with mineral trioxide aggregate (MTA) after application of dexamethasone in healthy human premolars. METHODS AND MATERIALS Forty intact premolars from 10 orthodontic patients, were randomly chosen for DPC (n=20) or MP (n=2...

CONTEXT Direct pulp capping involves the placement of a biocompatible agent on pulp tissue that has been inadvertently exposed from traumatic injury or by iatrogenic means. AIM To compare the human pulp response to calcium hydroxide and Biodentine as direct pulp-capping agents. MATERIALS AND METHODS Pulp exposures were performed on the pulpal floor of forty human permanent premolars. The ex...

Two hundred direct pulp capping procedures were conducted in the present study. One hundred of them were performed with the CO2 laser, and 100 were conducted conventionally as a control by using a calcium hydroxide preparation. Follow-up examinations were performed after 1 wk and monthly for 12 months after treatment. Thermal tests were used for vitality assessments and laser Doppler flowmetry ...

Eugenol (mixed with zinc oxide powder) is widely used as direct capping material during pulp therapy in primary teeth. The aim of the present study was to evaluate the effect of eugenol on diverse genes involved in inflammatory and cell apoptosis processes. The regulatory effect of eugenol on the expression of inflammation and apoptotic genes was evaluated in dental pulp fibroblasts from extrac...

introduction: the aim of the present investigation was to compare the efficacy of mineral trioxide aggregate (mta) and 0.2% chlorhexidine (chx) mixture to pure mta, as a pulp capping material. methods and materials: the pulp of 24 lateral incisors and canines from four dogs were exposed and capped either with mta or mta+0.2% chx. after 2 months the animals were sacrificed and the teeth were pre...

I) Introduction (II) Diseases of the Pulp (III) Controversies in the Management of Exposed Pulp in the Adult Tooth NATURE OF THE CONTROVERSY POTENTIAL FACTORS OF SIGNIFICANCE TO FAILURE OF PULP CAPPING RESEARCH DIRECTIONS INDIRECT PULP CAPPING—ALTERNATIVE TO DIRECT PULP CAPPING? (IV) Controversies in Endodontic Therapy NATURE OF THE CONTROVERSY SUCCESS AND FAILURE OF ENDODONTIC THERAPY CORONAL ...

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE A previous study [Moritz et al., Z Stomatol 1996; 93:451-454] had shown that favourable results in direct pulp capping could be achieved using a continuous wave CO2 laser in addition to the conventional calcium hydroxide dressing technique. In this study, these results are compared to those achieved using a CO2 laser working in superpulsed mode. STUDY DESIGN/MATERIALS...

AIM To evaluate the clinical and radiological response of primary molars to direct pulp capping with calcium sulfate hemihydrate. MATERIALS AND METHODS Forty primary molar teeth in 40 healthy children aged 5-9 years were treated by direct pulp capping. Teeth were randomly assigned to two groups (n=20) according to material used for capping, as follows: Group 1: calcium hydroxide cement (Dycal...

( o ( a p bstract his study evaluated the histomorphologic response of uman dental pulps capped with mineral trioxide agregate (MTA) and Ca(OH)2 cement (CH). Pulp expoures were performed on the occlusal floor of 40 human ermanent premolars. After that, the pulp was capped ither with CH or MTA and restored with composite esin. After 30 and 60 days, teeth were extracted and rocessed for histologi...