Chemistry

Pulp (tooth)

Materials science

Mineral trioxide aggregate

Calcium hydroxide

Dentistry

Pulp capping

Pulpotomy

Physical chemistry

Molar

Medicine

Journal of Endodontics

This randomized clinical trial aimed to compare the success rate and postoperative pain of direct pulp capping (DPC) using calcium hydroxide (CH) and mineral trioxide aggregate (MTA) in teeth with carious pulp exposures and reversible pulpitis.

Success of Direct Pulp Capping Using Mineral Trioxide Aggregate and Calcium Hydroxide in Mature Permanent Molars with Pulps Exposed during Carious Tissue Removal: 1-year Follow-up