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ArticleIranian endodontic journal2013

Treatment outcomes of primary molars direct pulp capping after 20 months: a randomized controlled trial.

Masoud Fallahinejad Ghajari, Tahereh Asgharian Jeddi, Sonay Iri, Saeed Asgary

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Article in Iranian endodontic journal, 2013. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 36 papers, 3 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

36 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.

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  2. Pulp treatment for extensive decay in primary teeth.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2018
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  5. Direct pulp capping versus pulpotomy with MTA for carious primary molars: a randomised clinical trial.European archives of paediatric dentistry : official journal of the European Academy of Paediatric Dentistry · 2019
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  6. Direct pulp capping in primary molars using a resin-modified Portland cement-based material (TheraCal) compared to MTA with 12-month follow-up: a randomised clinical trial.European archives of paediatric dentistry : official journal of the European Academy of Paediatric Dentistry · 2018
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors.

Masoud Fallahinejad GhajariDental Research Center, Research Institute of Dental sciences, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran; ; Pediatric Dentistry Department, Dental School, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran;
Tahereh Asgharian Jeddi
Sonay Iri
Saeed Asgary

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

introductionThe aim of this randomized controlled trial was to compare the radiographic and clinical success rates of direct pulp capping (DPC) using ProRoot mineral trioxide aggregate (MTA) or calcium enriched mixture (CEM). METHODS AND MATERIALS: A total of 42 symptom-free carious vital primary molars (21 pairs) were selected in this split mouth trial and randomly pulpotomized in two experimental groups. Pinpoint pulp exposures were covered by the same blinded operator with MTA or CEM, and then restored by amalgam. Radiographic and clinical successes were evaluated at 20 month follow-up. Data were statistically analyzed using McNemar test.

resultsNineteen patients were available for 20-month follow-up; only one failed tooth was extracted in the CEM group. All available teeth were symptom-free, however, the final evaluated success rate was 89% in CEM (CI 95%: 0.82-0.96) and 95% in MTA (CI 95%: 0.85-1) groups without statistical difference (P=0.360). Worst case scenario was applied for missing value analysis; assuming that the 2 lost cases in CEM group had failed and the only lost case in MTA group was due to treatment success, as a result the success of CEM and MTA were 81% (CI 95%: 0.72-0.90) and 95% (CI 95%:0.85-1), respectively, with no statistical difference (P=0.078). In the reverse scenario, the success of MTA and CEM were 86% (CI 95%: 0.78-0.94) and 90% (CI 95%: 0.82-0.98), respectively; again with no statistical difference (P=0.479).

conclusionEffectiveness of MTA and CEM biomaterials for primary molars' DPC was similar; CEM can be a suitable alternative for MTA.

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Calcium Enriched MixtureCEM cementDeciduous toothMTAPulp Capping

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PMID24171019
PMCPMC3808671

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