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Pulpal responses after application of current adhesive systems to deep cavities. 2007

Eugenia Koliniotou-Koumpia, and Serafim Papadimitriou, and Dimitrios Tziafas

Department of Operative Dentistry, School of Dentistry, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, 54124 Thessaloniki, Greece. jeny@dent.auth.gr

The aim of the present study was to evaluate comparatively the pulpal tissue reactions of four adhesive systems placed in experimental cavities of healthy dog's teeth. Class V cavities with a mean value of remaining dentin thickness (RDT) ranging between 0.55 +/- 0.30-0.68 +/- 0.38 mm were prepared. The cavities were treated with the following adhesive systems: Etch and Prime 3.0 (EP), Single Bond (SB), Clearfil SE Bond (CSE), and Prompt L-Pop (PLP). The pulpal tissue responses to dentin adhesives were assessed histopathologically at postoperative periods of 7, 21, and 65 days, and the results were subjected to statistical analysis. A significantly greater adverse inflammatory response was observed with the materials EP and PLP, while a significantly lesser degree of disorganization in the odontoblastic zone was found with the materials SB and CSE, in the postoperative period of 65 days. In addition, a thicker predentin zone was observed where SB material was applied. Application of the selected adhesive systems to non-exposed cavities, with an RDT, which ranged between the above-mentioned rates, was correlated with slight to moderate inflammation and odontoblast reduction depending on the materials used as well as upon the RDT.

UI	MeSH Term	Description	Entries
D008297	Male		Males
D008689	Methacrylates	Acrylic acids or acrylates which are substituted in the C-2 position with a methyl group.	Methacrylate
D009804	Odontoblasts	The mesenchymal cells which line the DENTAL PULP CAVITY and produce DENTIN. They have a columnar morphology in the coronal pulp but are cuboidal in the root pulp, or when adjacent to tertiary dentin.	Odontoblast
D010710	Phosphates	Inorganic salts of phosphoric acid.	Inorganic Phosphate,Phosphates, Inorganic,Inorganic Phosphates,Orthophosphate,Phosphate,Phosphate, Inorganic
D011671	Pulpitis	Inflammation of the DENTAL PULP, usually due to bacterial infection in dental caries, tooth fracture, or other conditions causing exposure of the pulp to bacterial invasion. Chemical irritants, thermal factors, hyperemic changes, and other factors may also cause pulpitis.	Inflammation, Endodontic,Endodontic Inflammation,Endodontic Inflammations,Inflammations, Endodontic,Pulpitides
D011897	Random Allocation	A process involving chance used in therapeutic trials or other research endeavor for allocating experimental subjects, human or animal, between treatment and control groups, or among treatment groups. It may also apply to experiments on inanimate objects.	Randomization,Allocation, Random
D001840	Dental Bonding	An adhesion procedure for orthodontic attachments, such as plastic DENTAL CROWNS. This process usually includes the application of an adhesive material (DENTAL CEMENTS) and letting it harden in-place by light or chemical curing.	Bonding, Dental,Cure of Orthodontic Adhesives,Curing, Dental Cement,Dental Cement Curing,Orthodontic Adhesives Cure
D003737	Dental Cavity Preparation	An operation in which carious material is removed from teeth and biomechanically correct forms are established in the teeth to receive and retain restorations. A constant requirement is provision for prevention of failure of the restoration through recurrence of decay or inadequate resistance to applied stresses. (Boucher's Clinical Dental Terminology, 4th ed, p239-40)	Cavity Preparation, Dental,Cavity Preparations, Dental,Dental Cavity Preparations,Preparation, Dental Cavity,Preparations, Dental Cavity
D003782	Dental Pulp	A richly vascularized and innervated connective tissue of mesodermal origin, contained in the central cavity of a tooth and delimited by the dentin, and having formative, nutritive, sensory, and protective functions. (Jablonski, Dictionary of Dentistry, 1992)	Dental Pulps,Pulp, Dental,Pulps, Dental
D003804	Dentin	The hard portion of the tooth surrounding the pulp, covered by enamel on the crown and cementum on the root, which is harder and denser than bone but softer than enamel, and is thus readily abraded when left unprotected. (From Jablonski, Dictionary of Dentistry, 1992)	Dentine,Dentines,Dentins