title: Mineral trioxide aggregate--a review.
abstract: Mineral Trioxide Aggregate (MTA) is a new material with numerous exciting clinical applications. MTA promises to be one of the most versatile materials of this century in the field of dentistry. Some of the appreciable properties of MTA include its good physical properties and its ability to stimulate tissue regeneration as well as good pulp response. In this article the availability, composition, manipulation, setting reaction, properties and clinical applications of MTA in pediatric practice has been reviewed.
authors: Pedodontics and Preventive Dentistry, Manipal College of Dental Sciences, Mangalore, Karnataka, India. arathi.rao@manipal.edu
authors: Arathi
authors: A
authors: Rao
authors: Ashwini
authors: A
authors: Rao
authors: Ramya
authors: R
authors: Shenoy
mesh_terms: D017607:Aluminum Compounds / Q000737:chemistry; D056624:Apexification; D017610:Calcium Compounds / Q000737:chemistry; D002648:Child; D003785:Dental Pulp Capping; D004338:Drug Combinations; D006801:Humans; D010087:Oxides / Q000737:chemistry; D011672:Pulpotomy; D012184:Retrograde Obturation; D012387:Root Canal Filling Materials / Q000737:chemistry; D017640:Silicates / Q000737:chemistry; D014082:Tooth Fractures / Q000628:therapy
chemical_list: D017607:Aluminum Compounds; D017610:Calcium Compounds; D004338:Drug Combinations; D010087:Oxides; D012387:Root Canal Filling Materials; D017640:Silicates; C086631:mineral trioxide aggregate