COMPARISON of MINERAL TRIOXIDE AGGREGATE and CALCIUM HYDROXIDE AS INDIRECT PULP CAPPING AGENTS in PRIMARY MOLARS

CLINICAL and RADIOGRAPHIC COMPARISON of MINERAL TRIOXIDE AGGREGATE and CALCIUM HYDROXIDE AS INDIRECT PULP CAPPING AGENTS in PRIMARY MOLARS: a RANDOMIZED CLINICAL TRIAL

The study is designed as randomized clinical trial performed at the Department of Pediatric Dentistry , Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences (PIMS) , Islamabad on primary molars requiring indirect pulp treatment in patients aged 5 to 9 years. Two groups , I and II of 40 teeth each will be selected according to inclusion criteria . In Group I , indirect pulp capping will be done with Calcium hydroxide while in Group II , it will be done with MTA . Both the groups will be evaluated clinically and radiographically at 0, 3 and 6 months . Results were compiled and analyzed using standard statistical techniques.

Inclusion Criteria:

• Clinical Criteria :

  • Primary molars with deep carious lesions
  • No H/O spontaneous pain
  • No associated swelling
  • No tenderness to percussion
  • Absence of pathological mobility
  • No sinus tract
  • Restorable

Radiographic Criteria :

• No periapical radiolucency
• No loss of lamina dura
• No physiological root resorption
• Teeth with radiographic evidence of more than 0.25mm remaining dentin thickness
• No furcal radiolucency

Exclusion Criteria:

• Non restorable teeth

  • Teeth with pathological mobility
  • Teeth with extensive external/internal root resorption.
  • Teeth with pulp canal calcifications
  • Subjects inability to tolerate any of the dental products being used
  • Systemic disease or severe medical complications ; Lack of compliance