Efficacy of calcium-enriched mixture cement, mineral trioxide aggregate and calcium hydroxide used as direct pulp capping agents in deep carious lesions - a randomised clinical trial.

Not Applicable

Completed

• Conditions: Patients complaining of pain in relation to deep carious lesions while having food or drinks diagnosed clinically and radiographically to be having reversible pulpitis.; Oral Health

• Registration Number: ISRCTN44317435
• Lead Sponsor: Government Dental College

Brief Summary

2023 Results article in https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/38219032/ (added 17/09/2024)

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Results First Posted: 1900-01-01
• Study Completion: 2012-09-21
• Study Start: 2022-08-11
• Last Update Posted: 22 August 2022

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 150

Inclusion Criteria

1. Teeth having deep carious lesion approximating the pulp.
2. Have symptoms of reversible pulpitis which includes provoked pain of short duration which was relieved upon removal of the stimulus in relation to the carious tooth.
3. No history of spontaneous pain or tenderness to percussion.
4. Patients in the age group of 14- 60 years who are apparently healthy and free of any systemic disease and are not under any medication.
5. Good oral health.
6. Positive response to cold test and electric pulp test
7. Periapical Index Score (PAI) = 1 indicating normal periradicular structures.
8. Teeth which are not subjected to traumatic or abnormal functional stresses.
9. Absence of any non carious destructions and developmental defects
10. No appreciable mobility to finger pressure
11. No clinical or radiographic evidence of pulp degeneration
12. Absence of profuse haemorrhage from the exposure site.
13. Absence of serous or purulent exudates from the exposure site.
14. Control of haemorrhage is possible at the exposure site in less than 5 minutes

Exclusion Criteria

1. Patients with compromised immune status
2. Patients who are pregnant at the time of follow-up
3. Caries have extensively penetrated the pulp chamber
4. Tooth showing symptoms of irreversible pulpitis
5. Bleeding from the exposure site persists for more than 5 minutes

Study & Design

• Study Type: Interventional
• Study Design: Not specified