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Trial reportEuropean archives of paediatric dentistry : official journal of the European Academy of Paediatric Dentistry2011

Evaluation of a resin modified glass ionomer serving both as indirect pulp therapy and as restorative material for primary molars.

N Kotsanos, S Arizos

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In one paragraph

Trial report in European archives of paediatric dentistry : official journal of the European Academy of Paediatric Dentistry, 2011. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT03606681 (Evaluation of Indirect Pulp Capping in Children With Different Materials), which is not on this map. Cited by 18 papers, 4 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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18citing papers in PubMed, 4 pooled it
2.2field-weighted citation impact, top 15% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

NCT03606681 nacompletednot on this mapstarted 2013, after this paper: background citation

Evaluation of Indirect Pulp Capping in Children With Different Materials

TypeinterventionalSponsorAltinbas UniversityRan2013 to 2015Enrolled300ConditionsDental Pulp CappingArmsCalcium Hydroxide, Mineral Trioxide Aggregate, TheraCal LC
3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

18 citing papers in PubMed, 4 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 37 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Clinical effectiveness of restorative materials for the restoration of carious primary teeth without pulp therapy: a systematic review.European archives of paediatric dentistry : official journal of the European Academy of Paediatric Dentistry · 2022
    Pooled it
  2. Clinical effectiveness of restorative materials for the restoration of carious lesions in pulp treated primary teeth: a systematic review.European archives of paediatric dentistry : official journal of the European Academy of Paediatric Dentistry · 2022
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  4. Relative effectiveness of direct and indirect pulp capping in the primary dentition.European archives of paediatric dentistry : official journal of the European Academy of Paediatric Dentistry · 2018
    Pooled it
  5. Glass hybrid versus resin-modified glass ionomer cement in class II restorations of primary molars: a 24 months randomised clinical trial.European archives of paediatric dentistry : official journal of the European Academy of Paediatric Dentistry · 2026
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  7. Comparison of resin modified glass ionomer cement and composite resin in class II primary molar restorations: a 2-year parallel randomised clinical trial.European archives of paediatric dentistry : official journal of the European Academy of Paediatric Dentistry · 2018
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  10. Three-year performance of a nano-filled resin-modified glass ionomer cement in class II primary molar restorations.European archives of paediatric dentistry : official journal of the European Academy of Paediatric Dentistry · 2021
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  11. [Twoyear outcomes and the influence factors of indirect pulp treatment in primary teeth: a retrospective study].Beijing da xue xue bao. Yi xue ban = Journal of Peking University. Health sciences · 2019
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  15. A review on vital pulp therapy in primary teeth.Iranian endodontic journal · 2015
    Review
  16. Tensile bond characteristics between composite resin and resin-modified glass-ionomer restoratives used in the open-sandwich technique.European archives of paediatric dentistry : official journal of the European Academy of Paediatric Dentistry · 2013
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  17. Ex vivo study of bacterial coronal leakage in indirect pulp treatment.Medicina oral, patologia oral y cirugia bucal · 2013
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  18. Review
4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

N KotsanosAssoc Prof N. Kotsanos, Dept Paediatric Dentistry, Faculty of Dentistry, Aristotle University, Thessaloniki, 54124, Greece. Email: kotsanos@dent.auth.gr.
S Arizos
Aristotle University of Thessaloniki · GR

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

aimThe successful performance of resin modified glass ionomer cement (RMGIC) as an indirect pulp therapy (IPT) dressing material and, independently, as a class II restoration material for primary molars has been adequately documented. This study investigates if an RMGIC can be successfully used in a dual capacity.

methodsA total of 61, 3.5-8.5 year old children with deep proximal carious lesions in one or more primary molars, radiographically suspected of pulp exposure, were included. Teeth exclusion criteria were: continuous unprovoked pain and an exposed or a non-vital pulp. Following adequate caries removal, RMGIC restorations were placed. The teeth were followed up for signs/symptoms and for restoration survival according to modified United States Public Health Service (USPHS) criteria. Descriptive statistics and a Fisher's exact test were applied.

resultsThe prospective study was completed with 86 restorations in 41 first and 45 second primary molars. Three of the 86 teeth showed pulp necrosis and the remaining 83 (96.5%) were a) asymptomatic for a mean clinical observation time of 31.9 months (SD 10.8) and b) with no radiographic signs of pathology for 25.7 months (SD 10.3). Seventy six of these 83 (91.6%) class II-'extended' restorations were acceptable, exhibiting varying levels of occlusal wear.

conclusionsA single application of RMGIC was used successfully for over 2 ½ years as an IPT and restoration material in proximal caries of primary molars.

Indexed as

Pulp Capping and Pulpectomy AgentsChildChild, PreschoolComposite ResinsDental Pulp CappingDental Restoration FailureDental Restoration, PermanentFollow-Up StudiesGlass Ionomer CementsHumansMolarProspective StudiesTooth, DeciduousTreatment OutcomeComposite ResinsGlass Ionomer CementsPulp Capping and Pulpectomy AgentsVitremer

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