BACKGROUND/PURPOSE Mineral Trioxide Aggregate (MTA) was widely used as a root-end filling material and for vital pulp therapy. A significant disadvantage to MTA is the prolonged setting time has limited the application in endodontic treatments. This study examined the physicochemical properties and biological performance of novel partially stabilized cements (PSCs) prepared to address some of t...

Human dental pulp inflammation can progress to periapical lesion formation and conventional root canal treatment (RCT) has been the traditional method for disease management. This observational study presents two cases of vital pulp therapy in mature molars diagnosed with irreversible pulpitis and associated with apical periodontitis. In these two clinical cases, the involved teeth had deep car...

Capík I . , V. Ledeck ̆, A. ·evãík: Effects of Flumetazone on Exposed Dental Pulp of Dogs. Acta Vet. Brno 2003, 72: 279-283. Dental pulp metabolism plays very important role throughout the tooth life. Its role is essential particularly in the first two-three years. This is the time of the highest dentin deposition which provides sufficient firmness to withstand common everyday trauma. This study...

Caries is the most common cause of pulp-periapical disease. When the pulp tissue involved in caries becomes irreversibly inflamed and progresses to necrosis, the treatment option is root canal therapy because the infected or non-infected necrotic pulp tissue in the root canal system is not accessible to the host's innate and adaptive immune defense mechanisms and antimicrobial agents. Therefore...

Persistent hemorrhage after complete amputation of coronal pulp is a common clinical finding during pulpotomy procedure in primary teeth. These teeth are best managed with pulpectomy, but they have hyperemic pulp with some remaining vital tissue. Good chemico-biomechanical preparation of primary canals cannot guarantee complete removal of this vital tissue from inaccessible areas. Use of Ca(OH)...

introduction: this case report describes apexogenesis treatment of three molar teeth of an 8-year-old boy using three different pulpotomy agents. methods: pulpotomy was performed on decayed immature molar teeth with established irreversible pulpitis and the remaining pulp was capped with either zinc oxide eugenol, proroot mineral trioxide aggregate or calcium-enriched mixture (cem) cement. teet...

The aim of this study was to assess HYBENX® Oral Tissue Decontaminant (HOTD) in treating vital pulp exposure in a canine model. The use of HOTD solution was compared to an accepted and standard regimen for vital pulp exposure, an application of a commercial calcium hydroxide product (Ca(OH)2). Both control and experimental treatments were followed by restoration with a commercial zinc oxide and...

Recombinant human osteogenic protein-1 (hOP-1, BMP-7) induces cartilage and bone formation when implanted in extra- and intraskeletal sites in vivo. rOP-1 also preserves pulp vitality and stimulates reparative dentine formation when placed on partially amputated vital dental pulp tissue. The amount of dentine formed in 6 weeks was earlier found to be proportional to the total amount of rOP-1/ca...

OBJECTIVES The purpose of this study was to examine radiographically changes in the periapical status and compare the clinical status of teeth with a vital pulp and root-filled teeth restored with crowns and bridge retainers during 25 years. METHODS During 1967/68, 114 patients received prosthodontic treatment by senior dental students at the Oslo Dental Faculty. In all, 291 teeth with a vita...

Vital pulp therapy aims to treat reversible pulpal injury and includes 2 therapeutic approaches: (1) indirect pulp treatment for deep dentinal cavities and (2) direct pulp capping or pulpotomy in cases of pulp exposure. Indirect pulp treatment is recommended as the most appropriate procedure for treating primary teeth with deep caries and reversible pulp inflammation, provided that this diagnos...