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Clinical and radiographic evaluation of Portland cement added to radiopacifying agents in primary molar pulpotomies

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Abstract

Aim

This was to evaluate the clinical and radiographic outcomes of Portland cement (PC) added to radiopacifying agents in primary molar pulpotomies.

Methods

Thirty primary mandibular molars of children aged between 5 and 9 years were randomly assigned to the following groups: PC; PC with iodoform (PC + CHI3); PC with zirconium oxide (PC + ZrO2) and treated by pulpotomy technique. Clinical and radiographic follow-up assessments were performed at 6, 12 and 24 months. Statistical analysis was performed by Fisher’s exact test (P < 0.05).

Results

The clinical and radiographic evaluations showed 100 % success rates, and the results showed no statistically significant difference between groups.

Conclusions

According to this study, PC added to radiopacifying agents exhibited satisfactory clinical and radiographic results in primary molar pulpotomies.

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Acknowledgments

The authors would like to acknowledge the financial support—FAPESP (process #2009/11284-4) and all the patients and families who helped us carry out this study. The authors would like to thank Gentília Borges Carvalho Tavares, Lilian Rosana Candida and Maria Estela Alves de Lima Ferrari for excellent assistance. This study was funded by Sao Paulo Research Foundation (FAPESP Grant Number 2009/11284-4).

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The authors declare that they have no conflict of interest.

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All procedures performed in studies involving human participants were in accordance with the ethical standards of the institutional and/or national research committee and with the 1964 Helsinki declaration and its later amendments or comparable ethical standards.

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  1. Department of Pediatric Dentistry, Orthodontics and Public Health, Bauru School of Dentistry, University of São Paulo, Alameda Dr. Octávio Pinheiro Brisolla, 9-75, Bauru, São Paulo, 17012-901, Brazil

    N. Lourenço Neto, N. C. T. Marques, A. P. Fernandes, R. C. C. Abdo, M. A. A. M. Machado & T. M. Oliveira

  2. Department of Operative Dentistry, Endodontic and Dental, Bauru School of Dentistry, University of São Paulo, Bauru, Brazil

    M. A. Hungaro Duarte

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Lourenço Neto, N., Marques, N.C.T., Fernandes, A.P. et al. Clinical and radiographic evaluation of Portland cement added to radiopacifying agents in primary molar pulpotomies. Eur Arch Paediatr Dent 16, 377–382 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1007/s40368-015-0177-9

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