Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis (IUPUI) / This study compared clinical results of two calcium hydroxide bases
used in indirect pulp therapy on human teeth.
Thirty-four teeth with deep carious lesions were treated with indirect
pulp therapy. Eighteen teeth were treated with commercially available
Improved Dycal and 16 teeth were treated with an experimental calcium
hydroxide formula.
Evaluation was made at intervals of three and six months. After
three months, periapical and bitewing radiographs were made and the teeth
were examined clinically for signs of pulpal degeneration. At the six-month
evaluation, in addition to the radiographic and clinical examinations,
cavities were re-entered and the unsound residual dentin was removed to
ascertain the presence of a so1id dentinal base. Removal of all unsound
residual dentin without an exposure of the pulp, as well as the clinical
and radiographic examinations, were used to determine clinically successful
treatment.
In the experimental group 15 teeth were successfully treated; a
success rate of 94.4 percent. Seventeen teeth in the control group
demonstrated successful indirect pulp therapy; a success rate of 93.75 percent.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:IUPUI/oai:scholarworks.iupui.edu:1805/4364 |
| Date | January 1979 |
| Creators | Nirschl, Ronald Francis |
| Contributors | Poland, Charles, III, Koerber, Leonard G., Barton, Paul, Starkey, Paul E. |
| Source Sets | Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis |
| Language | en_US |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Thesis |
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