IADR Abstract Archives
Bioceramics as Dental Pulp Capping Materials
Objectives:
Various factors affect pulp capping procedures when the vital dental pulp tissue needs protection. Among these factors, the selection of appropriate materials plays a key role in reaching an optimum outcome. A wide range of materials has been used and bioceramics have gained popularity in recent years as pulp capping materials due to their favorable properties.
The term “bioceramics” is referred to a group of ceramics, which are used in the field of biomedicine. Bioceramics are inorganic, non-metallic, biocompatible, chemically stable, and non-corrosive materials that interact well with the living tissue.
Methods:
In this review, a search was conducted in PubMed, Science Direct, and Google Scholar databases by selected keywords such as dental pulp, direct & indirect pulp capping materials, and bioceramics. Then, over 40 articles between 1975 and 2016 focusing on the bioceramics as pulp capping materials were retrieved.
Results:
The results showed that the bioceramics with pulp capping applications are categorized into 4 groups as follows: 1) Calcium hydroxide-based materials, 2) Calcium silicate-based materials, 3) Calcium phosphate-based materials, and 4) Bioactive Glasses.
Conclusions:
In this review, the chemical composition, properties, advantages, disadvantages, and the ability of different types of bioceramics as pulp caaping materials to form a dentinal bridge were compared and discussed. Calcium phosphate-based materials and bioglasses seemed to have favorable results.
Various factors affect pulp capping procedures when the vital dental pulp tissue needs protection. Among these factors, the selection of appropriate materials plays a key role in reaching an optimum outcome. A wide range of materials has been used and bioceramics have gained popularity in recent years as pulp capping materials due to their favorable properties.
The term “bioceramics” is referred to a group of ceramics, which are used in the field of biomedicine. Bioceramics are inorganic, non-metallic, biocompatible, chemically stable, and non-corrosive materials that interact well with the living tissue.
Methods:
In this review, a search was conducted in PubMed, Science Direct, and Google Scholar databases by selected keywords such as dental pulp, direct & indirect pulp capping materials, and bioceramics. Then, over 40 articles between 1975 and 2016 focusing on the bioceramics as pulp capping materials were retrieved.
Results:
The results showed that the bioceramics with pulp capping applications are categorized into 4 groups as follows: 1) Calcium hydroxide-based materials, 2) Calcium silicate-based materials, 3) Calcium phosphate-based materials, and 4) Bioactive Glasses.
Conclusions:
In this review, the chemical composition, properties, advantages, disadvantages, and the ability of different types of bioceramics as pulp caaping materials to form a dentinal bridge were compared and discussed. Calcium phosphate-based materials and bioglasses seemed to have favorable results.