title: Assessment of a 2 percent buffered glutaraldehyde solution in pulpotomized primary teeth of schoolchildren.
abstract: This investigation was undertaken, clinically and radiographically, to assess the effect of glutaraldehyde as a pulp medicament in pulpotomized cariously exposed primary molars. Fifty-three primary molars of thirty-two second-grade children were evaluated after being treated by pulpotomy utilizing a 2 percent buffered glutaraldehyde solution. Failures were observed in 5.7 percent of the teeth at the six-month evaluation and increased with time: 9.6 percent after 12 months; and 18 percent after 25 months. Internal resorption was observed in six teeth; external resorption was found in only one tooth. Pulp canal obliteration, which was not listed as a failure, was observed in one tooth after 6 months, yielding a total of twenty teeth at the final examination. In thirty-eight pulpotomized teeth (82.6 percent), the resorption rate was similar to their antimeres; in another seven, root resorption was faster; and only one pulpotomized tooth resorbed more slowly than its antimere. The relatively high failure rate in the present study does not justify recommending a 2 percent buffered glutaraldehyde solution as a substitute to formocresol.
authors.affiliation: Israeli Air Force.
authors.forename: A B
authors.initials: AB
authors.lastname: Fuks
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Bimstein
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Guelmann
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Klein
mesh_terms: D002648:Child; D003442:Crowns; D003731:Dental Caries / Q000628:therapy; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D005976:Glutaral / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011672:Pulpotomy / Q000379:methods; D012387:Root Canal Filling Materials / Q000008:administration & dosage; D012388:Root Canal Irrigants / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D012391:Root Resorption / Q000503:physiopathology; D014094:Tooth, Deciduous; D015035:Zinc Oxide-Eugenol Cement / Q000008:administration & dosage
chemical_list: D012387:Root Canal Filling Materials; D012388:Root Canal Irrigants; D015035:Zinc Oxide-Eugenol Cement; D005976:Glutaral