Status:

UNKNOWN

Comparison of Mineral Trioxide Aggregate (MTA) and 20% Formocresol (FC) in Pulpotomized Human Primary Molars

Lead Sponsor:

National Taiwan University Hospital

Collaborating Sponsors:

University of Michigan

Conditions:

Dental Caries

Pulpitis

Eligibility:

All Genders

30-10 years

Phase:

NA

Brief Summary

This prospective clinical randomized controlled trial is established to compare the clinical, radiographic, and histological treatment outcomes between MTA and FC in pulpotomized human primary molars ...

Detailed Description

1. Background: Formocresol (FC) is the most widely used pulpotomy medicament in the primary dentition. There are concerns associated with this medicament, primarily the carcinogenicity of the chemical...

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

  • Primary first or second molars with normal pulp, reversible, or irreversible pulpitis, that have vital carious pulp exposures due to caries and whose pulp bled upon entering the pulp chamber.
  • Teeth in which hemostasis could be achieved with pressure of a saline dampened sterile cotton pellet prior to medicament/material placement.
  • No clinical symptoms or evidence of pulp degeneration, such as excessive bleeding from the root canal, history of swelling, mobility, or sinus tracts.
  • Patients with percussion sensitivity or spontaneous and persistent pain but where hemostasis could be achieved with pressure of sterile cotton pellet.
  • No radiographic signs of internal or external root resorption, inter-radicular and/or periapical bone destruction, or furcation radiolucency.
  • No more than one-third physiologic root resorption has occurred.
  • Teeth had not previously been pulpally treated.
  • Teeth deemed to be restorable with posterior stainless steel crowns.

Exclusion

  • Not present

Key Trial Info

Start Date :

September 1 2009

Trial Type :

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation :

ESTIMATED

End Date :

July 1 2014

Estimated Enrollment :

200 Patients enrolled

Trial Details

Trial ID

NCT00972556

Start Date

September 1 2009

End Date

July 1 2014

Last Update

August 23 2012

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Department of Dentistry, National Taiwan University Hospital

Taipei, Taiwan, 10048