title: Twenty-four-month clinical trial of visible-light-activated cavity liner in young permanent teeth.
abstract: A clinical study of young permanent teeth for twenty-four months evaluated the use of a new product, VLC-Dycal, as a cavity liner. VLC-Dycal is a light-activated calcium hydroxide cavity liner. After twenty-four months, VLC-Dycal had a 91 percent success rate used as a liner with young permanent teeth. From the fifty-four teeth evaluated at twenty-four months, only five were failures. Failure occurred more frequently with DPC. Of the five teeth that became devital over the twenty-four months, three were DPC. The success rate for DPC was 70 percent. IPC had a success rate of 85 percent. None of the CCR procedures failed in the study. Because of the improved physical properties, VLC-Dycal was evaluated in a clinical trial for biological properties and proved to be a useful cavity liner for young permanent teeth.
authors.affiliation: Department of Orthodontics and Pediatric Dentistry, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor 48109-1078.
authors.forename: L H
authors.initials: LH
authors.lastname: Straffon
authors.forename: R L
authors.initials: RL
authors.lastname: Corpron
authors.forename: F W
authors.initials: FW
authors.lastname: Bruner
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Daprai
mesh_terms: D002126:Calcium Hydroxide; D002648:Child; D003188:Composite Resins; D003736:Dental Cavity Lining; D003785:Dental Pulp Capping; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male
chemical_list: D003188:Composite Resins; C067791:Prisma VLC Dycal; D002126:Calcium Hydroxide