Present status and future directions—Vital pulp treatment and pulp preservation strategies

HF Duncan - International Endodontic Journal, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Therapeutic strategies focussed on the pulp preservation, are important when managing
vital teeth with deep caries and an exposed pulp. These vital pulp treatments (VPTs); …

Efficacy of direct pulp capping for management of cariously exposed pulps in permanent teeth: a systematic review and meta‐analysis

S Cushley, HF Duncan, MJ Lappin… - International …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Background The outcome of vital pulp treatment after carious pulp exposure is multifactorial
and related to the procedure, biomaterial and pre‐operative pulpal diagnosis. Objectives To …

Management of deep caries and the exposed pulp

L Bjørndal, S Simon, PL Tomson… - International …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Caries prevalence remains high throughout the world, with the burden of disease
increasingly affecting older and socially disadvantaged groups in Western cultures. If left …

Bio-inductive materials in direct and indirect pulp capping—a review article

M Kunert, M Lukomska-Szymanska - Materials, 2020 - mdpi.com
The article is aimed at analyzing the available research and comparing the properties of bio-
inductive materials in direct and indirect pulp capping procedures. The properties and …

Direct pulp capping procedures–Evidence and practice

R Islam, MRR Islam, T Tanaka, MK Alam… - … Dental Science Review, 2023 - Elsevier
The aim of direct pulp capping (DPC) is to promote pulp healing and mineralized tissue
barrier formation by placing a dental biomaterial directly over the exposed pulp. Successful …

MMP-9 levels and NaOCl lavage in randomized trial on direct pulp capping

NV Ballal, HF Duncan, DB Wiedemeier… - Journal of Dental …, 2022 - journals.sagepub.com
Outcome expectations of direct pulp capping in carious teeth are obscured by a clinically
unknown infiltration and breakdown of the dental pulp tissue. Histologic studies showed that …

Minimal intervention in dentistry: A literature review on Biodentine as a bioactive pulp capping material

NZ Arandi, M Thabet - BioMed research international, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Root canal treatment has been the treatment of choice for carious pulp exposures. In the
perspective of minimally invasive dentistry and preventive endodontics, a direct pulp …

Direct pulp capping: What is the most effective therapy?—Systematic review and meta-analysis

AB Paula, M Laranjo, CM Marto, S Paulo… - Journal of Evidence …, 2018 - Elsevier
Introduction Direct pulp capping therapies use biomaterials to protect exposed tissues,
inducing repair through the production of a mineralized barrier. The purpose of this study …

Bioactive inorganic materials for dental applications: a narrative review

KS Almulhim, MR Syed, N Alqahtani, M Alamoudi… - Materials, 2022 - mdpi.com
Over time, much attention has been given to the use of bioceramics for biomedical
applications; however, the recent trend has been gaining traction to apply these materials for …

Sodium hypochlorite reduces postoperative discomfort and painful early failure after carious exposure and direct pulp capping—initial findings of a randomized …

NV Ballal, HF Duncan, N Rai, P Jalan… - Journal of Clinical …, 2020 - mdpi.com
In this randomized controlled single-center clinical trial on 96 adult patients with parallel
experimental groups (n= 48), the effects of washing a dentin/pulp wound in non-symptomatic …