Normal Saline or Sodium Hypochlorite Irrigation for Vital Pulp Therapy? A Non-Inferiority Randomized Controlled Trial.

criteria were randomized to each irrigant, 65 in the NaOCl and 60 in the NSS groups. ProRoot® MTA was used as a pulp dressing material in both groups and teeth were followed for 12 months. The primary outcome was the success of VPT; requiring both clinical and radiographic success to be considered as success.

Outcomes of coronal pulpotomy on permanent first molars in children: a retrospective cohort study.

Objectives: To investigate the survival probability of permanent first molars (PFMs) after coronal pulpotomy (CP) using two outcome definitions: success-focused and functional survival-focused, and to identify factors influencing tooth survival.

Materials And Methods: A retrospective cohort study reviewing records of children undergoing CP with calcium silicate-based cements (CSCs) on PFMs. Each CP-treated PFM was classified as success, uncertain, failure, or censored.

Tooth Fracture and Associated Risk Factors in Permanent Molars Treated with Vital Pulp Therapy and Restored with Direct Resin Composites: A Retrospective Survival Analysis in Young Patients.

Objective: This study aimed to evaluate the survival from fractures and risk factors of VPT-treated permanent molars restored with direct resin composites in young patients.

Methods: The dental records of patients aged 6 to 18 years with VPT-treated permanent molars restored with resin composites were retrospectively evaluated for the presence of fractures on these teeth. Kaplan-Meier methods were used to estimate the survival probabilities.

Longevity of stainless steel crowns as interim restorations on young permanent first molars that have undergone vital pulp therapy treatment in children and factors associated with their treatment failure: A retrospective study of up to 8.5 years.

Background: Although stainless steel crowns (SSCs) on permanent molars are a common interim full-coverage restoration, there are few clinical studies on longevity.

Aim: To evaluate the longevity of SSCs as restorations on young permanent first molars (PFMs) that have undergone vital pulp therapy (VPT) treatment and to identify factors associated with SSC treatment failure.

Design: This study conducted a retrospective chart review of children who had PFMs that have undergone VPT treatment and been restored with SSCs.

Efficacy of Probiotic Milk for Caries Regression in Preschool Children: A Multicenter Randomized Controlled Trial.

This multicenter double-blind randomized controlled trial aimed to determine the efficacy of daily or triweekly consumption of reconstituted milk powder, containing Lactobacillus paracaseiSD1, in preschool children for caries prevention. A 6-month intervention was conducted in 487 children (aged 37.6 ± 9.

Significant elevation of salivary human neutrophil peptides 1-3 levels by probiotic milk in preschool children with severe early childhood caries: a randomized controlled trial.

Objectives: To determine salivary human neutrophil peptides 1-3 (HNP1-3) levels in caries-free preschool children and in those with early childhood caries (ECC) or severe-ECC, in a daily probiotic group, receiving reconstituted milk with the probiotic Lactobacillus paracasei SD1 once daily; a triweekly probiotic group, receiving the probiotic milk 3 days a week; and a placebo group.

Materials And Methods: Oral examination and unstimulated whole saliva collection were conducted in 354 children at baseline, 6 months after intervention (T6), and after probiotic discontinuation (T12). Of the 354, adequate volume of saliva samples from 268 children were simultaneously analyzed for Streptococcus mutans and total lactobacilli levels using qPCR and for HNP1-3 levels using ELISA.

How Effective are Inferior Alveolar Nerve Block and Supplemental Intraligamentary Injections in Pediatric Patients with Deep Carious Permanent Mandibular Molars?

The purpose of this study was to assess, within the deep carious permanent mandibular molars of pediatric patients: (1) pre-operative pulpal anesthesia following an inferior alveolar nerve block (IANB); (2) preoperative pulpal anesthesia following a supplemental intraligamentary injection (SII); and (3) intraoperative pulpal anesthesia. Vital permanent mandibular molars with deep caries were first anesthetized with IANB. Preoperative pulpal anesthesia was assessed, and success was defined when the tooth had no response to the sensibility tests.

Retrospective Evaluation of the Clinical Outcomes and Patient and Parental Satisfaction with Resin Strip Crowns in Primary Incisors.

The purpose of this study was to evaluate the clinical outcomes of resin strip crowns (RSCs) and assess parental and patient satisfaction with RSCs in restoring primary incisors. The esthetic, functional, and biological properties of RSCs were evaluated using FDI World Dental Federation criteria. Parental and patient satisfaction with RSCs was assessed using interviews.

Reduction of Streptococcus mutans by probiotic milk: a multicenter randomized controlled trial.

Objective: To investigate the effects of probiotics, Lactobacillus paracasei SD1, on the quantities of Streptococcus mutans in saliva and plaque samples of preschool children.

Design: This randomized trial recruited 487 preschool children from eight childcare centers. Participants were assigned to receive a 6-month course of placebo milk daily (group I), probiotic milk either daily (group II) or three days a week (triweekly, group III).

Pulpal anesthesia in pediatric patients following supplemental mandibular buccal infiltration in vital permanent mandibular molars with deep caries.

Objectives: Inferior alveolar nerve block (IANB) does not always provide adequate pulpal anesthesia, and supplemental techniques have been investigated in adults. This study aimed to pre- and intraoperatively evaluate the success of pulpal anesthesia following supplemental mandibular buccal infiltration (SMBI) after failure of IANB in permanent mandibular molars with deep caries of pediatric patients.

Materials And Methods: Following IANB, preoperative pulpal anesthesia was assessed using the cold test, and success was defined when there was a negative response.

Partial pulpotomy with two bioactive cements in permanent teeth of 6- to 18-year-old patients with signs and symptoms indicative of irreversible pulpitis: a noninferiority randomized controlled trial.

Aim: To compare the outcome of partial pulpotomy using two cements, ProRoot MTA (Dentsply, Tulsa Dental Specialties, Tulsa, OK, USA) and Biodentine (Septodont, Saint-Maur-des-Fossés, France), in permanent teeth of 6- to 18-year-old patients with signs and symptoms indicative of irreversible pulpitis. Furthermore, the frequencies of perceptible grey discoloration caused by the cements were compared.

Methodology: Sixty-nine permanent first molars with signs and symptoms indicative of irreversible pulpitis, from 69 patients, were included.

Effect of Nitrous Oxide on Pulpal Anesthesia: A Preliminary Study.

To compare the success of perceived pulpal anesthesia between groups using nitrous oxide/oxygen (NO/O) and oxygen (O) in children premedicated with ibuprofen with symptomatic irreversible pulpitis permanent teeth. Thirty-three children (mean age 10.4 ± 1.

Outcomes of Direct Pulp Capping by Using Either ProRoot Mineral Trioxide Aggregate or Biodentine in Permanent Teeth with Carious Pulp Exposure in 6- to 18-Year-Old Patients: A Randomized Controlled Trial.

Introduction: This study aimed to compare the success rates of direct pulp capping (DPC) by using either ProRoot Mineral Trioxide Aggregate (MTA) or Biodentine in the cariously exposed permanent teeth of 6- to 18-year-old patients. Gray discoloration was also evaluated.

Methods: Fifty-nine cariously exposed permanent teeth, including teeth with diagnosis of normal pulp, reversible pulpitis, or irreversible pulpitis, early periapical involvement, and exposure size of up to 2.

Trends over Time in Dental Caries status in Urban and Rural Thai Children.

Background: Historically, the prevalence of dental caries was higher in urban areas than rural areas of Thailand. This study aim to examine the time trends in caries status in children in Thailand.

Material And Methods: Linear regression was used to examine trend of dental caries prevalence and mean number of teeth with caries, filled and missing due to caries (dmft/DMFT) in urban and rural, of 3-, 5-6 and 12-year olds from seven Thailand National Oral Health Surveys conducted approximately every 5 years from 1977 to 2012.

Breastfeeding Duration and Childhood Caries: A Cohort Study.

This cohort study was conducted in Khon Kaen, Thailand, to test the hypothesis that a longer breastfeeding duration increases the risk for dental caries in primary teeth. We collected information on infant feeding practices and potential confounders using a structured questionnaire to interview mothers or caregivers during the second trimester of pregnancy and after birth at 21 days and at 3, 12, 18, 24, and 36 months. Regardless of other liquids and foods, full breastfeeding was defined as feeding breast milk but not formula, while any breastfeeding was feeding breast milk with or without formula.

Adverse birth outcomes and childhood caries: a cohort study.

Objectives: To examine the association between adverse birth outcomes and dental caries in primary teeth.

Methods: This study included children in Khon Kaen, Thailand, who participated in the Prospective Cohort Study of Thai Children. Preterm was defined as a birth at <37 weeks gestation, low birthweight (LBW) as birthweight <2500 g, and small-for-gestational age (SGA) as birthweight <10th percentile of expected weight for gestational age.