Dental caries. Dental caries
Conditions
Interventions
Intervention 1: Intervention group:The effect of Protooth (Ultrafast Protooth, Dentosolve, Aarhus, Denmark) in direct pulp capping of primary molars. This material was applied by using its own commerc
Sponsors
Reasearch Vice-Chancellor- Tabriz University of Medical Sciences
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
All
Age
5 Years to 8 Years
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: 5-8 years old children Having a pair of symmetric second primary molar teeth in one jaw having deep caries and vital pulp Capable of being restored by amalgam filling No history of spontaneous pain, pathologic mobility, draining sinus tract, redness or swelling of vestibule Normal gingival and periodontal condition, with no sensitivity to vestibular palpation, and no pain on percussion test Complete physical and mental health with no confounding history of systemic disease and/or use of special local or systemic drugs; No allergic reactions recorded in patient history No sign of radiolucency in periapical or furcation area No widening of PDL space or loss of lamina dura continuity No evidence of internal/external pathologic root resorption
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: Lack of informed consent by the child patient’s parent Abnormal bleeding at the site of pulp exposure (i.e. bleeding which lasts for more than 3 minutes) No evidence of pulp exposure at the site of caries excavation in symmetric second primary molar teeth, which were conventionally restored with an amalgam filling and excluded from our study Evidence of pulp exposure surrounded by carious dentin which is indicative of pulpal contamination
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Dental pulp vitality after treatment. Timepoint: 6 &12 months. Method of measurement: Lack of any of clinical or radiographic signs or symptoms of treatment failure. | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Radiographic success. Timepoint: 6&12 months. Method of measurement: Presence of one or more of the following radiographic signs will be considered as failure of treatment: internal and/or external root resorption, periodontal space widening, inter-radicular radiolucency, and periapical lesions.;Clinical success. Timepoint: 6 &12 months. Method of measurement: Presence of one or more of the following clinical signs/symptoms will be considered as failure of treatment: spontaneous pain, swelling, pathologic mobility, tenderness to pressure, and presence of sinus tract, swelling, and sensitivity to percussion. | — |
Countries
Iran (Islamic Republic of)
Contacts
Public ContactDr Ali Vafaie
Tabriz University of Medical Sciences
Outcome results
None listed