Publications by authors named "Maria Luisa de la Casa"
Article Synopsis
- Calcium hydroxide (Calpha(OH)2) paste has been used historically as a root canal dressing to aid in the healing of dental tissues.
- A study was conducted using 21 extracted teeth to assess the dissolving effectiveness of calcium hydroxide paste mixed with different vehicles by examining the uninstrumented canal walls under a scanning electron microscope (SEM).
- Results indicated that pastes mixed with saline, chlorhexidine, and propylene glycol showed significantly better cleaning of canal walls, while other mixtures left more organic material behind.
Protein content in irrigating solutions in contact with pulp tissue.
Acta Odontol Latinoam
December 2008
Endodontic irrigating solutions may have different effects, one of which is dissolving pulp tissue. The capacity of different irrigants to dissolve vital and necrotic pulp tissue was evaluated in vitro by means of a quantitative and qualitative study of total soluble pulp protein. Vital pulps and pulps with induced necrosis from young bovine teeth were used.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFA scanning electron microscopy evaluation of different root canal irrigating solutions.
Acta Odontol Latinoam
June 2006
Article Synopsis
- * Fifty-six freshly extracted permanent incisors were cleaned and treated using standardized procedures, and the efficacy of each solution was evaluated using scanning electron microscopy.
- * Results showed that while none of the solutions completely removed the smear layer, sodium hypochlorite was the most effective, followed by calcium hydroxide and chlorhexidine, with tea and distilled water proving to be the least effective.
The main known benefit of calcium hydroxide as an intracanal medicament lies in the bactericidal effect conferred by its pH. The objective of this work was to determine the influence of the vehicle on the pH of calcium hydroxide pastes after usage in patients and in vitro. The incisor root canals of 180 patients were instrumented and filled with calcium hydroxide pastes containing distilled water, chlorhexidine, propylene glycol, anesthetic solution, camphorated p-monochlorophenol and camphorated p-monochlorophenol-propylene glycol.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFCalcium hydroxide's association with different vehicles: In vitro action on some dentinal components.
Oral Surg Oral Med Oral Pathol Oral Radiol Endod
July 2003
Objective: Calcium hydroxide, Ca(OH)(2), is a common intracanal medicament. Ca(OH)(2) powder can be mixed with different vehicles and used as a paste for temporary intracanal treatment. The vehicle may influence the dissociation of calcium hydroxide into ions.
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