Management of wide open apices in non-vital permanent teeth with Ca(OH)2 paste.
A retrospective study on 15 non-vital immature incisor teeth was done using Ca(OH)2 Pulpdent paste. A success rate of 100 percent was achieved within one year. The variables influencing the time taken for apexification were also evaluated. The teeth were followed up to a period of 24 months. It was found that older children having narrow open apex had a shorter treatment time than the younger children (NS); teeth without periapical infection showed some amount of root growth and closing of apex that was faster than those with periapical infection (p < 0.001). The calcified bridge formed following apexification is a porous structure. This investigation provides information about the time taken and procedure required to achieve apical barrier formation in non-vital immature incisors.
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Unit of Pedodontia and Preventive Dentistry, Department of Oral Health Sciences, Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Sector-12, Chandigarh-160 012, India. ttww@yahoo.com
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D000293:Adolescent; D002126:Calcium Hydroxide / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D002648:Child; D003809:Dentin, Secondary / Q000187:drug effects; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D007180:Incisor / Q000187:drug effects*; D010483:Periapical Diseases / Q000503:physiopathology; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D012387:Root Canal Filling Materials / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D013997:Time Factors; D019227:Tooth Apex / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000254:growth & development; D014092:Tooth Root / Q000254:growth & development; D019553:Tooth, Nonvital / Q000628:therapy*; D016896:Treatment Outcome
D012387:Root Canal Filling Materials; C029777:Pulpdent; D002126:Calcium Hydroxide