Long-term effectiveness of four pulpotomy techniques: 3-year randomised controlled trial

Clinical Oral Investigations

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 1243-1250

  Huth, Karin Christine ^a   Hajek Al Khatar, Niran ^a   Wolf, Petra ^b   Ilie, Nicoleta ^a   Hickel, Reinhard ^a   Paschos, Ekaterini ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Calcium hydroxide; Ferric sulphate; Formocresol; Laser; Primary molars; Pulpotomy; RCT

Indexed keywords

BIOMEDICAL AND DENTAL MATERIALS; CALCIUM HYDROXIDE; DENTAL MATERIAL; FERRIC ION; FERRIC SULFATE; FORMOCRESOL; GLASS IONOMER; IRM CEMENT; KETAC BOND; KETAC-BOND; METHACRYLIC ACID METHYL ESTER; RESIN; TETRIC CERAM; ZINC OXIDE EUGENOL;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; CHILD; CLASSIFICATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECIDUOUS TOOTH; DENTAL ANESTHESIA; DENTAL CARIES; DENTAL SURGERY; ENDODONTICS; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; LOW LEVEL LASER THERAPY; METHODOLOGY; MOLAR TOOTH; PATHOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SINGLE BLIND PROCEDURE; SOLID STATE LASER; TOOTH CROWN; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ANESTHESIA, DENTAL; CALCIUM HYDROXIDE; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMPOSITE RESINS; CROWNS; DENTAL CARIES; DENTAL CAVITY LINING; DENTAL MATERIALS; DENTAL PULP EXPOSURE; DENTAL RESTORATION FAILURE; DENTAL RESTORATION, PERMANENT; FERRIC COMPOUNDS; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; FORMOCRESOLS; GLASS IONOMER CEMENTS; HUMANS; LASER THERAPY; LASERS, SOLID-STATE; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; METHYLMETHACRYLATES; MOLAR; PULP CAPPING AND PULPECTOMY AGENTS; PULPOTOMY; SINGLE-BLIND METHOD; TOOTH, DECIDUOUS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ZINC OXIDE-EUGENOL CEMENT;

EID: 84864282151     PISSN: 14326981     EISSN: 14363771     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00784-011-0602-3     Document Type: Article

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