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5 questions · 5 findings · 1 reviews · Endodontics and dental trauma

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Calcium hydroxide cement (Dycal) vs Zinc oxide and eugenol (ZOE)

Clinical symptoms at 12 months · Adults (aged 20 to 60 years, mean 27) with deep carious lesions in permanent teeth (indirect or direct pulp capping, or complete caries…

1 finding from 1 review

Pulp management for caries in adults: maintaining pulp vitality 2007 · Cochrane All outcomes
12 months · Complete caries removal
Analysis 2.2 (clinical symptoms at 12 months following complete caries removal, Dycal vs Cavitec). Fitzgerald 1991: 151 teeth in 55 patients (analysis at tooth level, not patient level); substantial attrition (11 teeth…
1 study · 151 participants
GRADE not reported

Life (calcium hydroxide pulp-capping material) vs Zinc oxide and eugenol (ZOE)

Clinical symptoms at 12 months · Adults (aged 20 to 60 years, mean 27) with deep carious lesions in permanent teeth (indirect or direct pulp capping, or complete caries…

1 finding from 1 review

Pulp management for caries in adults: maintaining pulp vitality 2007 · Cochrane All outcomes
12 months · Complete caries removal
Analysis 2.2 (clinical symptoms at 12 months following complete caries removal, Life vs Cavitec). Fitzgerald 1991: 151 teeth in 55 patients (analysis at tooth level, not patient level); substantial attrition (11 teeth…
1 study · 151 participants
GRADE not reported

Calcium hydroxide (CH) vs Zinc oxide and eugenol (ZOE)

Clinical success (survival free of symptoms) at 24 months · Adults with asymptomatic teeth with vital carious pulp exposures

1 finding from 1 review

Pulp management for caries in adults: maintaining pulp vitality 2007 · Cochrane All outcomes
24 months
Shovelton 1971 (Analysis 1.1): 275 teeth followed for 2 years (235 at 6 months, 160 at 12 months, 85 analysed at 24 months). Success rates 50% to 80%. Ledermix and calcium hydroxide had the highest success rates,…
1 study · 275 participants
GRADE not reported

Glycerrhetinic acid/antibiotic mixture vs Zinc oxide and eugenol (ZOE)

Clinical success (survival free of symptoms) at 24 months · Adults with asymptomatic teeth with vital carious pulp exposures

1 finding from 1 review

Pulp management for caries in adults: maintaining pulp vitality 2007 · Cochrane All outcomes
24 months
Shovelton 1971 (Analysis 1.1): 275 teeth followed for 2 years (235 at 6 months, 160 at 12 months, 85 analysed at 24 months). Success rates 50% to 80%. Ledermix and calcium hydroxide had the highest success rates,…
1 study · 275 participants
GRADE not reported

Ledermix (corticosteroid/antibiotic pulp-capping cement) vs Zinc oxide and eugenol (ZOE)

Clinical success (survival free of symptoms) at 24 months · Adults with asymptomatic teeth with vital carious pulp exposures

1 finding from 1 review

Pulp management for caries in adults: maintaining pulp vitality 2007 · Cochrane All outcomes
24 months
Shovelton 1971 (Analysis 1.1): 275 teeth followed for 2 years (235 at 6 months, 160 at 12 months, 85 analysed at 24 months). Success rates 50% to 80%. Ledermix and calcium hydroxide had the highest success rates,…
1 study · 275 participants
GRADE not reported