title: Pulp capping with hydroxyapatite ceramic in rat molars.
abstract: Direct pulp capping with a hydroxyapatite ceramic in rat molars induced the formation of reparative dentin in the exposure sites after 2 weeks. In addition, foci of acute and chronic pulpitis were detected. After 6-8 weeks of application of the material partial or total necrosis occurred. The use of hydroxyapatite as a possible pulp capping material is discussed.
authors.affiliation: Hebrew University-Hadassah School of Dental Medicine, Jerusalem, Israel.
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Heling
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Zalkind
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Sela
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D003723:Dental Amalgam; D003785:Dental Pulp Capping / Q000379:methods*; D003787:Dental Pulp Devitalization / Q000379:methods*; D003790:Dental Pulp Necrosis; D003809:Dentin, Secondary / Q000139:chemically induced; D017886:Durapatite; D006882:Hydroxyapatites / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D008297:Male; D008963:Molar; D011671:Pulpitis; D051381:Rats
chemical_list: D006882:Hydroxyapatites; D003723:Dental Amalgam; D017886:Durapatite