title: Thermal coefficients of paste-paste type pulp capping cements.
abstract: Thermal coefficients of four kinds of commercially available paste-paste type pulp capping cements were examined. Control reference samples were made of dentin. A thermal coefficient analyzer was used, heating specimens for a few nanoseconds by a xenon flash bulb and measuring thermal changes by using a thermocouple. Thermal coefficients were examined by this non-steady state method. Thermal conductivities of all cements were almost the same or lower than that of dentin. Therefore, when each cement was heated, the penetrating energy was almost the same or lower than that of dentin. The thickness of the cements was converted into that of the dentin by using the obtained thermal conductivity. The 1-mm thickness of the examined cements were equal to between 0.97-mm and 2.10-mm thicknesses of lost dentin. The use of a pulp capping cement provided better pulp protection from thermal stimuli than did the same thickness of dentin.
authors.affiliation: Department of Dental Materials, Nihon University, School of Dentistry, Tokyo, Japan.
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Fukase
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Saitoh
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kaketani
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Ohashi
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Nishiyama
mesh_terms: D002126:Calcium Hydroxide / Q000737:chemistry; D003736:Dental Cavity Lining; D003738:Dental Cements / Q000737:chemistry*; D003764:Dental Materials / Q000737:chemistry; D003785:Dental Pulp Capping; D004338:Drug Combinations; D005054:Eugenol / Q000737:chemistry; D006801:Humans; D008903:Minerals / Q000737:chemistry; D013814:Thermal Conductivity; D015034:Zinc Oxide / Q000737:chemistry
chemical_list: D003738:Dental Cements; D003764:Dental Materials; D004338:Drug Combinations; D008903:Minerals; C028995:eugenol, zinc oxide dental cavity lining; C081636:Nu-cap; D005054:Eugenol; C025702:Dycal; C040408:Life (dental material); D002126:Calcium Hydroxide; D015034:Zinc Oxide