title: Pulp capping material is an important prognostic factor for direct pulp capping in permanent teeth.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Prognostic factors for clinical outcomes according to time after direct pulp capping. Cho SY, Seo DG, Lee SJ, Lee J, Lee SJ, Jung IY. J Endod 2013 Mar;39(3):327-31.
  
  
  METHODS
  Marisa Maltz, DDS, MSc, Odontology Doctor,Luana Severo Alves, DDS, MSc, PhD PURPOSE/QUESTION: Permanent teeth with cariously exposed pulps were treated with direct pulp capping and monitored over time in order to assess the treatment outcome and the potential factors contributing to the pulpal survival
  
  
  BACKGROUND
  The study was supported by the Basic Science Research Program through the National Research Foundation of Korea (NRF) funded by the Ministry of Education, Science and Technology (2010-0005090 and 2011-0028067) TYPE OF STUDY/DESIGN: Retrospective cohort study
  
  
  METHODS
  Level 2: Limited-quality patient-oriented evidence (cohort study)
  
  
  METHODS
  Not applicable.
authors.affiliation: Odontology Doctor, Professor, Department of Social and Preventive Dentistry, Faculty of Odontology, Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil. Electronic address: marisa.maltz@gmail.com.
authors.forename: Marisa
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Maltz
authors.forename: Luana Severo
authors.initials: LS
authors.lastname: Alves
mesh_terms: D003785:Dental Pulp Capping / Q000379:methods*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male