Pulp capping
View article: Mineral trioxide aggregate and other bioactive endodontic cements: an updated overview – part I: vital pulp therapy
Mineral trioxide aggregate and other bioactive endodontic cements: an updated overview – part I: vital pulp therapy Open
Mineral trioxide aggregate ( MTA ) is a bioactive endodontic cement ( BEC ) mainly comprised of calcium and silicate elements. The cement was introduced by Torabinejad in the 1990s and has been approved by the Food and Drug Administration …
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Calcium Silicate and Calcium Hydroxide Materials for Pulp Capping: Biointeractivity, Porosity, Solubility and Bioactivity of Current Formulations Open
Aim The chemical-physical properties of novel and long-standing calcium silicate cements versus conventional pulp capping calcium hydroxide biomaterials were compared. Methods Calcium hydroxide–based (Calxyl, Dycal, Life, Lime-Lite) and ca…
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Bio-Inductive Materials in Direct and Indirect Pulp Capping—A Review Article Open
The article is aimed at analyzing the available research and comparing the properties of bio-inductive materials in direct and indirect pulp capping procedures. The properties and clinical performances of four calcium-silicate cements (Pro…
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Present status and future directions—Vital pulp treatment and pulp preservation strategies Open
Therapeutic strategies focussed on the pulp preservation, are important when managing vital teeth with deep caries and an exposed pulp. These vital pulp treatments (VPTs); however, are not new, with indirect and direct pulp capping procedu…
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Contemporary operative caries management: consensus recommendations on minimally invasive caries removal Open
The International Caries Consensus Collaboration (ICCC) presented recommendations on terminology, on carious tissue removal and on managing cavitated carious lesions. It identified 'dental caries' as the name of the disease that dentists s…
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Current perspectives of bio-ceramic technology in endodontics: calcium enriched mixture cement - review of its composition, properties and applications Open
Advancements in bio-ceramic technology has revolutionised endodontic material science by enhancing the treatment outcome for patients. This class of dental materials conciliates excellent biocompatibility with high osseoconductivity that r…
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Current and future options for dental pulp therapy Open
Dental pulp is a connective tissue and has functions that include initiative, formative, protective, nutritive, and reparative activities. However, it has relatively low compliance, because it is enclosed in hard tissue. Its low compliance…
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Current status of direct pulp-capping materials for permanent teeth Open
Direct pulp-capping is a method for treating exposed vital pulp with dental material to facilitate the formation of reparative dentin and to maintain vital pulp. Two types of pulp-capping materials, calcium hydroxide and mineral trioxide a…
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Clinical and Radiographic Assessment of the Efficacy of Calcium Silicate Indirect Pulp Capping Open
The aims of this study were to assess the effectiveness of calcium silicate cement (Biodentine) versus glass ionomer cement (GIC; control group) as indirect pulp capping materials in patients with reversible pulpitis and to compare the eff…
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Is Pulp Inflammation a Prerequisite for Pulp Healing and Regeneration? Open
The importance of inflammation has been underestimated in pulpal healing, and in the past, it has been considered only as an undesirable effect. Associated with moderate inflammation, necrosis includes pyroptosis, apoptosis, and nemosis. T…
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Outcomes of vital pulp therapy in permanent teeth with different medicaments based on review of the literature Open
Vital pulp therapy (VPT) is a biologic and conservative treatment modality to preserve the vitality and function of the coronal or remaining radicular pulp tissue in vital permanent teeth. A search was conducted via the Cochrane database, …
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3D Printed Teeth for the Preclinical Education of Dental Students Open
A need for more realistic tooth models for education has often been expressed by dental students. The aim of this study was to design and create 3D printed teeth with anatomical details for use in preclinical dental education. A tooth with…
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A review on vital pulp therapy in primary teeth. Open
Maintaining deciduous teeth in function until their natural exfoliation is absolutely necessary. Vital pulp therapy (VPT) is a way of saving deciduous teeth. The most important factors in success of VPT are the early diagnosis of pulp and …
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Factors affecting the outcomes of direct pulp capping using Biodentine Open
Asymptomatic vital permanent teeth with cariously exposed pulp can be treated successfully by direct pulp capping using Biodentine.
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Tricalcium silicate-based cements: properties and modifications Open
Mineral trioxide aggregate (MTA) has been widely used for different reparative procedures in endodontics. The extensive use of this cement for pulp capping, apexifications, apical surgeries, and revascularization is related to its ability …
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Comparative analysis of the biological effects of the endodontic bioactive cements MTA‐Angelus, MTA Repair HP and NeoMTA Plus on human dental pulp stem cells Open
Aim To evaluate the biological effects in vitro of MTA‐Angelus (MTA‐Ang; Angelus, Londrina, PR, Brazil), MTA Repair HP (MTA‐HP; Angelus) and NeoMTA Plus (NeoMTA‐P; Avalon Biomed Inc, Bradenton, FL, USA) on human dental pulp stem cells ( h …
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Cytotoxic effects of four different root canal sealers on human osteoblasts Open
The aim of this study was to evaluate the effect of an epoxy resin-based (AH-Plus), a zinc oxide eugenol containing (Pulp-Canal-Sealer) and two calcium silicate containing (MTA-Fillapex and BioRoot-RCS) sealers on primary human osteoblasts…
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Diagnostic accuracy of dental pulse oximeter with customized sensor holder, thermal test and electric pulp test for the evaluation of pulp vitality: an in vivo study Open
Background: the efficiency of the diagnostic aids plays an important role in the treatment plan. This study aims to assess the diagnostic accuracy of dental pulse oximeter with a customized sensor holder, thermal test and electric pulp tes…
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Silver diamine fluoride therapy for dental care Open
Silver diamine fluoride (SDF) was developed in Japan in the 1960s. It is used to control early childhood caries, arrest root caries, prevent fissure caries and secondary caries, desensitise hypersensitive teeth, remineralise hypomineralise…
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TheraCal LC: From Biochemical and Bioactive Properties to Clinical Applications Open
Background . Direct pulp capping is a popular treatment modality among dentists. TheraCal LC is a calcium silicate-based material that is designed as a direct/indirect pulp capping material. The material might be very attractive for clinic…
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Cytotoxicity and Bioactivity of Dental Pulp-Capping Agents towards Human Tooth-Pulp Cells: A Systematic Review of In-Vitro Studies and Meta-Analysis of Randomized and Controlled Clinical Trials Open
Background. In the era of biology-driven endodontics, vital pulp therapies are regaining popularity as a valid clinical option to postpone root-canal treatment. In this sense, many different materials are available in the market for pulp-c…
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Vital Pulp Therapy An insight over the available literature and future expectations Open
Vital pulp therapy (VPT) defined as "treatment which aims at preserving and maintaining the pulp tissue that has been compromised but not destroyed by extensive dental caries, dental trauma, and restorative procedures or for iatrogenic rea…
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Evaluation of reparative dentin formation of ProRoot MTA, Biodentine and BioAggregate using micro-CT and immunohistochemistry Open
Our results suggest that calcium silicate-based pulp-capping materials induce favorable effects on reparative processes during vital pulp therapy and that both Biodentine and BioAggregate could be considered as alternatives to ProRoot MTA.
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Tricalcium Silicate Capping Materials Modulate Pulp Healing and Inflammatory Activity In Vitro Open
These results confirm that pulp-capping materials affect the early steps of pulp inflammation and healing. They show that Biodentine had the highest pulp healing and anti-inflammatory potential when compared with the resin-containing mater…
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Mineral Trioxide Aggregate Applications in Endodontics: A Review Open
A current topic in dentistry concerns the biocompatibility of the materials, and in particular, conservative dentistry and endodontics ones. The mineral trioxide aggregate (MTA) is a dental material with biocompatibility properties to oral…
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Biomimetic microenvironments for regenerative endodontics Open
Regenerative endodontics has been proposed to replace damaged and underdeveloped tooth structures with normal pulp-dentin tissue by providing a natural extracellular matrix (ECM) mimicking environment; stem cells, signaling molecules, and …
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Different Pulp Dressing Materials for the Pulpotomy of Primary Teeth: A Systematic Review of the Literature Open
Background: Pulpotomy of primary teeth provides favorable clinical results over time; however, to date, there is still not a consensus on an ideal pulp dressing material. Therefore, the aim of the present systematic review was to compare p…
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A prospective clinical study investigating the effectiveness of partial pulpotomy after relating preoperative symptoms to a new and established classification of pulpitis Open
Aim To prospectively investigate the outcome of partial pulpotomy after 1 year, using a hydraulic calcium silicate cement (HCSC) on symptomatic cariously exposed pulps in adult teeth. To compare the traditional American Association of Endo…
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Decellularized Swine Dental Pulp as a Bioscaffold for Pulp Regeneration Open
Endodontic regeneration shows promise in treating dental pulp diseases; however, no suitable scaffolds exist for pulp regeneration. Acellular natural extracellular matrix (ECM) is a favorable scaffold for tissue regeneration since the anat…
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Minimal Intervention in Dentistry: A Literature Review on Biodentine as a Bioactive Pulp Capping Material Open
Root canal treatment has been the treatment of choice for carious pulp exposures. In the perspective of minimally invasive dentistry and preventive endodontics, a direct pulp capping procedure with a reliable bioactive material may be cons…