title: Calcium silicate-based cements: composition, properties, and clinical applications.
abstract: Mineral trioxide aggregate (MTA) is a calcium silicate-based cement (CSC) commonly used in endodontic procedures involving pulpal regeneration and hard tissue repair, such as pulp capping, pulpotomy, apexogenesis, apexification, perforation repair, and root-end filling. Despite the superior laboratory and clinical performance of MTA in comparison with previous endodontic repair cements, such as Ca(OH)2, MTA has poor handling properties and a long setting time. New CSC have been commercially launched and marketed to overcome the limitations of MTA. The aim of the present review was to explore the available literature on new CSC products, and to give evidence-based recommendations for the clinical use of these materials. Within the limitations of the available data in the literature regarding the properties and performance of the new CSC, the newer products could be promising alternatives to MTA; however, further research is required to support this assumption.
authors.affiliation: Melbourne Dental School, Oral Health Cooperative Research Centre, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Vic., Australia.
authors.forename: Alaa E
authors.initials: AE
authors.lastname: Dawood
authors.affiliation: Melbourne Dental School, Oral Health Cooperative Research Centre, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Vic., Australia.
authors.forename: Peter
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Parashos
authors.affiliation: Melbourne Dental School, Oral Health Cooperative Research Centre, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Vic., Australia.
authors.forename: Rebecca H K
authors.initials: RHK
authors.lastname: Wong
authors.affiliation: Melbourne Dental School, Oral Health Cooperative Research Centre, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Vic., Australia.
authors.forename: Eric C
authors.initials: EC
authors.lastname: Reynolds
authors.affiliation: Melbourne Dental School, Oral Health Cooperative Research Centre, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Vic., Australia.
authors.forename: David J
authors.initials: DJ
authors.lastname: Manton
mesh_terms: D017607:Aluminum Compounds / Q000737:chemistry; D017610:Calcium Compounds / Q000737:chemistry; D002130:Calcium Phosphates / Q000737:chemistry; D001840:Dental Bonding; D003738:Dental Cements / Q000737:chemistry*; D004338:Drug Combinations; D004708:Endodontics; D006801:Humans; D010087:Oxides / Q000737:chemistry; D017553:Phosphorus Compounds / Q000737:chemistry; D012387:Root Canal Filling Materials / Q000737:chemistry; D017640:Silicates / Q000737:chemistry
chemical_list: D017607:Aluminum Compounds; D017610:Calcium Compounds; D002130:Calcium Phosphates; D003738:Dental Cements; D004338:Drug Combinations; C550603:EndoSequence root repair material; D010087:Oxides; D017553:Phosphorus Compounds; D012387:Root Canal Filling Materials; D017640:Silicates; C000612033:calcium-enriched mixture cement; C086631:mineral trioxide aggregate; C506393:tricalcium silicate; C031293:calcium silicate
keywords: calcium silicate-based cement; clinical applications; endodontic; mineral trioxide aggregate; properties