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ArticleJournal of dental sciences2021

Efficacy of different calcium silicate materials as pulp-capping agents: Randomized clinical trial.

Cem Peskersoy, Jusuf Lukarcanin, Murat Turkun

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Article in Journal of dental sciences, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 40 papers, 4 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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5 · Who and what money

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3 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Cem PeskersoyDepartment of Restorative Dentistry, Ege University Faculty of Dentistry, Izmir, Turkey.
Jusuf LukarcaninDepartment of Restorative Dentistry, Ege University Faculty of Dentistry, Izmir, Turkey.
Murat TurkunDepartment of Restorative Dentistry, Ege University Faculty of Dentistry, Izmir, Turkey.
Ege University · TR

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

background/purposeCalcium hydroxide-based materials were the gold standard in vital pulp therapies for decades' despite of several shortcomings. However, calcium silicates have been discussed as an alternative to overcome these drawbacks. It was aimed to investigate the in-vivo effectiveness of different calcium silicates based materials in pulp capping in this study. MATERIALS AND

methodsA parallel-design, randomized controlled trial with 213 patients who has deep dentin caries, vital pulps and without spontaneous pain or history of swelling was designed. 525 M teeth were randomized, blinded and allocated to one of the five groups for pulp capping treatment (n = 105). All teeth were followed up clinically and radiographically (after 1st, 6th, 12th and 36th months) by blinded investigators. The clinical and radiographic success, and the effect of the pulp exposure to the success rate analyzed with Wald chi-square and Z tests.

resultsClinical and radiographic success of MTA+ (86.3%, 85.4%) and Biodentine (79.4%, 80.1%) were found the highest. Although results of Theracal LC group (72.1%, 73.6%) were better than Dycal group (69.4%, 70.2%), the difference was nonsignificant (p > 0.05). Only in light-cured groups, (TheraCal LC & LC Calcihyd) pulpal exposure size effected the success of the materials (p < 0.05). MTA+ and Biodentine resulted better scores, when compared with TheraCal LC in large pulpal exposures (p < 0.05).

conclusionAfter 36-month follow-up, both MTA+ and Biodentine were found to be the appropriate material for direct pulp capping in permanent teeth. The filler ingredient of the Theracal-LC eases the usage of calcium silicates but decreases the success rate.

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BiodentineCalcium silicatesMTA+Pulp-cappingTheracal-LC

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PMID33854725
PMCPMC8025185
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