title: Direct pulp-capping performed by dental students has a success rate close to 60%. Direct capping of carious pulp exposures is significantly less successful (33%) than direct capping of mechanical pulp exposures (92%).
authors.affiliation: Department of Operative Dentistry, 441 Brauer Hall, UNC School of Dentistry CB#7450, Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27599-7450, USA. rittera@dentistry.unc.edu
authors.forename: André V
authors.initials: AV
authors.lastname: Ritter