Open AccessDentine in a capsule: Clinical case reports
Author(s) -
Mallikarjuna Kenchappa,
Shilpi Gupta,
Puneet Gupta,
Priyamvada Sharma
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
journal of the indian society of pedodontics and preventive dentistry/journal of indian society of pedodontics and preventive dentistry
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.378
H-Index - 33
eISSN - 1998-3905
pISSN - 0970-4388
DOI - 10.4103/0970-4388.160404
Subject(s) - apexification , mineral trioxide aggregate , pulpotomy , dentistry , dentin , perforation , medicine , pulp capping , pulp (tooth) , materials science , composite material , punching
Biodentine TM , a calcium silicate based material has been popular now and can be used as an alternative to mineral trioxide aggregate (MTA) due to superior physical and biologic properties. It has been known by several terms as Biodentine, dentin substitute, and RD 94. It has varied clinical applications such as apexification, apexogenesis, pulpotomy, internal resorption, root perforation repair, retrograde filling, pulp capping procedure, and dentin replacement. This article describes the clinical case reports using Biodentine in apexification, apexogenesis, pulpotomy, and root perforation repair.