Pulp capping with calcium hydroxide: diagnostic value of radiographic findings |
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| Authors: | Dimitrios Tziaias Panagiotis Beltes |
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| Affiliation: | Department of Dental Pathology and Therapeutics, School of Dentistry, Aristotelion University, Thessa-loniki, Greece |
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| Abstract: | Abstract We compared the radiographic and histologic findings 2, 4 and 13 weeks after pulp-capping dog teeth with 2 hard-setting calcium hydroxide-containing agents and with calcium hydroxide powder mixed with physiologic saline. Radiopacity of the treated pulp regions was observed in all teeth showing dentin bridge formation. In most teeth that histologically exhibited a zone of pulp necrosis subjacent to the capping material, a radiopaque zone beneath the exposure site was also observed. |
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| Keywords: | dental pulp pathology calcium hydroxide diagnosis of pulp diseases |
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