Pulp healing subjacent to corticosteroid- covered and amalgam-covered dentin.
Pulp inflammation was induced by placing soft carious human dentin and amalgam in Class V cavities prepared in sixty-five monkey teeth. These fillings were removed after 7 days, and the cavities were restored with either a corticosteroid-containing cement and amalgam or amalgam only. The teeth were then removed after 7, 44, and 104 days. Healing occurred subjacent to both corticosteroid-covered and amalgam-covered dentin, but the healing subjacent to amalgam-covered dentin was generally less complete during the observation periods available.
D000305:Adrenal Cortex Hormones / Q000494:pharmacology*; D000818:Animals; D003723:Dental Amalgam / Q000494:pharmacology*; D003738:Dental Cements / Q000494:pharmacology*; D003782:Dental Pulp / Q000187:drug effects / Q000502:physiology*; D003793:Dental Restoration, Permanent; D003809:Dentin, Secondary / Q000473:pathology; D000882:Haplorhini; D011671:Pulpitis / Q000628:therapy; D013997:Time Factors; D014945:Wound Healing / Q000187:drug effects
D000305:Adrenal Cortex Hormones; D003738:Dental Cements; D003723:Dental Amalgam