Health Condition 1: null- Patients having deep caries
Conditions
Interventions
Intervention1: MTA and Biodentine: MTA and Biodentine cement will be used as intervention groups
Control Intervention1: Dycal: Calcium hydroxide will be used as a comparator agent
Sponsors
Medcem
Department of Conservative Dentistry and Endodontics
Eligibility
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: 1) Posterior teeth with caries on the occlusal or proximal surfaces that on bitewing radiographs extends more than half way through the dentine towards the pulp but not reaching pulp; 2) Teeth with pulps diagnosed as saveable (with reversible inflammation); 3) Teeth with pulps that give a positive response to cold and electric pulp testing; 4) Teeth with sound periodontium (absence of bleeding on probing, sulcus depth £ 3 mm; no loss of attachment); 5) Teeth with no apical pathosis on periapical radiographs; 6) Patients 18 years of age or above and willing/able to give consent.
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: 1) Teeth with irreverisbly inflamed pulps with sharp spontaneous pain (on sitting or lying down) and provoked pulpal pain; 2) Teeth with abnormnal responses to cold and electric pulp tests; 3) Teeth with radiographic evidence of complete calcification/obliteration of pulp chamber and root canal; 4) Teeth with necrotic pulps; 5) Teeth with an associated swelling or sinus tract; 6) Caries involving the pulp on bitewing radiographs; 7) Signs of apical pathosis on periapcial radiographs, such as a widened periodontal ligament space, periapical or furcal radiolucency, or internal or external root resorption; 8)Teeth with pathologic mobility.
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Survival of capped pulpsTimepoint: 4 weeks | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Association between the three materials and preoperative and postoperative symptomsTimepoint: 2 years | — |
Countries
India
Contacts
Public ContactVasudev Ballal
Manipal College of Dental Sciences, Manipal University
Outcome results
None listed