Clinical and Radiographic Success of MTA vs Biodentine

Description

The purpose of this prospective study is to compare the clinical and radiographic success of MTA and Biodentine as a medicament in vital pulp therapy in maxillary and mandibular primary molars in a pediatric population. There is limited research currently on Biodentine since it's a novel product. Biodentine is less expensive than MTA and does not cause discoloration like MTA. Biodentine may be an alternative medicament used for vital pulp therapy in primary molars.

Conditions

Indirect Pulp Cap, Pulpotomy

Study Overview

Study Details

Study overview

The purpose of this prospective study is to compare the clinical and radiographic success of MTA and Biodentine as a medicament in vital pulp therapy in maxillary and mandibular primary molars in a pediatric population. There is limited research currently on Biodentine since it's a novel product. Biodentine is less expensive than MTA and does not cause discoloration like MTA. Biodentine may be an alternative medicament used for vital pulp therapy in primary molars.

Clinical and Radiographic Success of Mineral Trioxide Aggregate (MTA) vs Septodont Biodentine in Primary Molars in Pulpotomy and Indirect Pulp Cap Treatments

Clinical and Radiographic Success of MTA vs Biodentine

Condition
Indirect Pulp Cap
Intervention / Treatment

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Contacts and Locations

Danville

Geisinger, Danville, Pennsylvania, United States, 17822

Participation Criteria

Researchers look for people who fit a certain description, called eligibility criteria. Some examples of these criteria are a person's general health condition or prior treatments.

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Eligibility Criteria

  • * Male or female patients ages of 2 to ≤12 years.
  • * Bilateral symptomatic or asymptomatic vital primary molars with caries approximating or into the pulp.
  • * Patient who need a pulpotomy and/or indirect pulp cap treatments in two or more quadrants.
  • * Parents of patients who can provide consent in English.
  • * Patients who need treatment in an operating room setting at Geisinger.
  • * Pre-operative radiographic or clinical symptoms associated with irreversible pulpitis or necrotic pulp.
  • * Radiographs not displaying furcation region of the tooth.
  • * Patients with cardiac conditions who need prophylaxis for infective Endocarditis.
  • * Patients with any type of cancer in the past or present.
  • * Non-restorable molars.

Ages Eligible for Study

2 Years to 12 Years

Sexes Eligible for Study

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Yes

Collaborators and Investigators

Geisinger Clinic,

Gayatri Malik, DMD, PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR, Geisinger Clinic

Study Record Dates

2025-07-01