Cellular differentiation, bioactive and mechanical properties of experimental light-curing pulp protection materials

The operative treatment of deep carious lesions can be challenging especially when approaching the pulp as the increased risk of pulp exposure during excavation can reduce the probability of pulp survival [1]. An ideal pulp protection material for such scenarios should be highly biocompatible and bioactive [2,3]. This is especially relevant with the contemporary minimally invasive restorative philosophy where contaminated (caries-infected) dentin is removed from deep cavity selectively, retaining most of the demineralized but repairable (caries-affected) dentin for potential remineralization as well as avoiding pulp exposure [4,5].

Source: Dental Materials - March 16, 2018 Category: Materials Science Authors: Salvatore Sauro, Ashvin Babbar, Borzo Gharibi, Victor Pinheiro Feitosa, Ricardo Marins Carvalho, Lidiany Karla Azevedo Rodrigues, Avijit Banerjee, Timothy Watson Source Type: research