title: Reparative dentin: factors affecting its deposition.
abstract: Results of this study showed no correlation between the thickness or amount of reparative dentin deposited and the type of dental restorative material placed at either 5 or 8 weeks in controlled Class V cavity preparations in monkey teeth. Factors such as preparation trauma from the bur, operator hand instrumentation, and microleakage of bacterial toxins played a greater role in the stimulation of reparative dentin than did material irritation or toxicity. Some differences in the thickness of the reparative dentin deposited were noted when teeth were grouped according to the amount of remaining dentin.
authors.affiliation: University of Alabama at Birmingham, School of Dentistry 35294.
authors.forename: C F
authors.initials: CF
authors.lastname: Cox
authors.forename: K C
authors.initials: KC
authors.lastname: White
authors.forename: D L
authors.initials: DL
authors.lastname: Ramus
authors.forename: J B
authors.initials: JB
authors.lastname: Farmer
authors.forename: H M
authors.initials: HM
authors.lastname: Snuggs
mesh_terms: D000704:Analysis of Variance; D000818:Animals; D002126:Calcium Hydroxide / Q000633:toxicity; D003188:Composite Resins / Q000633:toxicity; D003723:Dental Amalgam / Q000633:toxicity; D003737:Dental Cavity Preparation / Q000009:adverse effects*; D003809:Dentin, Secondary / Q000187:drug effects / Q000473:pathology; D008253:Macaca mulatta; D012044:Regression Analysis; D012823:Silicate Cement / Q000633:toxicity; D009626:Terminology as Topic; D013997:Time Factors; D014945:Wound Healing; D015035:Zinc Oxide-Eugenol Cement / Q000633:toxicity
chemical_list: D003188:Composite Resins; D015035:Zinc Oxide-Eugenol Cement; D012823:Silicate Cement; D003723:Dental Amalgam; D002126:Calcium Hydroxide