title: Mineral trioxide aggregate: a review of the constituents and biological properties of the material.
abstract: This paper reviews the literature on the constituents and biocompatibility of mineral trioxide aggregate (MTA). A Medline search was conducted. The first publication on the material was in November 1993. The Medline search identified 206 papers published from November 1993 to August 2005. Specific searches on constituents and biocompatibility of mineral trioxide aggregate, however, yielded few publications. Initially all abstracts were read to identify which fitted one of the two categories required for this review, constituents or biocompatibility. Based on this assessment and a review of the papers, 13 were included in the constituent category and 53 in the biocompatibility category. Relatively few articles addressed the constituents of MTA, whilst cytological evaluation was the most widely used biocompatibility test.
authors.affiliation: Department of Conservative Dentistry, Dental Institute, King's College London, London, UK. joz@global.net.mt.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Camilleri
authors.forename: T R
authors.initials: TR
authors.lastname: Pitt Ford
mesh_terms: D017607:Aluminum Compounds / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000633:toxicity*; D000818:Animals; D001672:Biocompatible Materials / Q000737:chemistry / Q000633:toxicity; D017610:Calcium Compounds / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000633:toxicity*; D049109:Cell Proliferation / Q000187:drug effects; D003738:Dental Cements / Q000494:pharmacology; D003782:Dental Pulp / Q000187:drug effects; D003785:Dental Pulp Capping; D003809:Dentin, Secondary / Q000378:metabolism; D004338:Drug Combinations; D007249:Inflammation / Q000139:chemically induced; D008422:Materials Testing; D010087:Oxides / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000633:toxicity*; D010486:Periapical Tissue / Q000187:drug effects; D051381:Rats; D012387:Root Canal Filling Materials / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000633:toxicity*; D017640:Silicates / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000633:toxicity*
chemical_list: D017607:Aluminum Compounds; D001672:Biocompatible Materials; D017610:Calcium Compounds; D003738:Dental Cements; D004338:Drug Combinations; D010087:Oxides; D012387:Root Canal Filling Materials; D017640:Silicates; C472247:accelerated Portland cement; C086631:mineral trioxide aggregate