1Department of Endodontics, BBD College of Dental Sciences, Lucknow, India
2Prof., Department of Endodontics, BBD College of Dental Sciences, Lucknow, India
3Statistician, Lucknow, India
Online published on 7 March, 2016.
To observe the effect of prior application of calcium dobesilate on direct pulp capping with MTA.
Clinically and radiographically confirmed cases of direct pulp exposed teeth were randomly stratified into two groups; Group I-Pulp capping done with MTA with prior application of calcium dobesilate and Group II-Pulp capping done with MTA without prior application of calcium dobesilate.
The experimented teeth were evaluated clinically and radiographically for 6 months post operatively.
All the teeth that were followed showed favourable outcomes on the basis of radiographic appearance, subjective symptoms and cold testing. Group I showed faster results as compared to Group II.
Prior application of calcium dobesiltae has shown to increase the efficacy of MTA as a direct pulp capping agent.
Calcium dobesilate, Direct pulp capping, Mineral Trioxide Aggregate
