Mineral trioxide aggregate (MTA) vs Calcium hydroxide (CH)
Postoperative pain (patient-reported) · Vital permanent teeth (mature or immature) with deep or extremely deep caries and asymptomatic pulp or reversible pulpitis, undergoing…
The effect of material choice (MTA vs CaOH) on postoperative pain is unclear: two small studies used different methods and reported contradictory results, so no meta-analysis was performed (ungraded).
1 finding from 1 review
- Effectiveness of calcium hydroxide compared to hydraulic calcium silicate cements for direct pulp capping in managing… 2025 All outcomes6 hours to 7 days · Primary or secondary dental careTwo studies assessed postoperative pain; no meta-analysis was performed due to methodological heterogeneity. Suhag 2019: significantly higher pain in CaOH than MTA at 18 h (CaOH 18.5 +/- 20.8 mm vs MTA 6.3 +/- 9.5 mm,…2 studiesGRADE not reported