title: Clinical and radiological evaluation of zinc oxide-eugenol and Maisto's paste as obturating materials in infected primary teeth--nine months study.
abstract: The present study, performed in-vivo, included 30 infected primary teeth in 26 children in the age group of 3-8 years. The purpose of this study was to compare the efficacy of two obturating materials, zinc oxide-eugenol and Maisto's paste, in infected primary teeth. 30 teeth were divided into two groups of 15 teeth. Teeth in Group I were obturated using zinc oxide-eugenol and those in Group II were obturated using Maisto's paste. On clinical evaluation, teeth obturated with Maisto's paste showed 100% success. Five teeth that were overfilled with Maisto's paste showed complete resorption of excess material within 3 months while the two teeth overfilled with zinc oxide-eugenol showed incomplete resorption of the excess material even after 9 months. Zinc oxide-eugenol treated cases showed only 26.7% bone regeneration while in case of Maisto's paste, it was 93%. Complete healing of the inter-radicular pathology was seen with Maisto's paste. However, the pathology was present in 40% of the zinc oxide-eugenol treated teeth even after 9 months. Maisto's paste was thus seen to be superior to zinc oxide-eugenol both in clinical as well as radiological evaluation, done over a period of 9 months in relation to bone regeneration, healing of inter-radicular pathology and resorption of excess material.
authors.affiliation: Pedodontics, Bapuji Dental College & Hospital, Davangere, Karnataka.
authors.forename: V V
authors.initials: VV
authors.lastname: Reddy
authors.lastname: Fernandes
mesh_terms: D000038:Abscess / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000628:therapy*; D002164:Camphor / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D002733:Chlorophenols / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D004338:Drug Combinations; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D006847:Hydrocarbons, Iodinated / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D008297:Male; D011859:Radiography; D012387:Root Canal Filling Materials / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D012389:Root Canal Obturation / Q000379:methods; D013943:Thymol / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D014076:Tooth Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000628:therapy*; D014094:Tooth, Deciduous; D015034:Zinc Oxide / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D015035:Zinc Oxide-Eugenol Cement / Q000627:therapeutic use*
chemical_list: D002733:Chlorophenols; D004338:Drug Combinations; D006847:Hydrocarbons, Iodinated; C083357:Maisto's Paste; D012387:Root Canal Filling Materials; D015035:Zinc Oxide-Eugenol Cement; D013943:Thymol; D002164:Camphor; D015034:Zinc Oxide