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Abstract

As a result of scientific research, calcium hydroxide (CH) enjoyed a privileged position for several decades as a choice with high predictive abilities for pulp therapy. The authors are now witnessing the collapse of this paradigm due to the emergence of mineral trioxide aggregate (MTA) with its biocompatibility -- an ability to stimulate mineralization -- antimicrobial properties, and other advantages that make it more successful in endodontic therapy. The objective of this topic review was to identify the uses of CH and MTA from 1995 to the present, in different clinical conditions. This review consisted of a comprehensive literature search in Medline, PubMed, and SciELO from 1995 to the present. A number of scientific studies highlight the properties of CH in pulp therapy; however, MTA has also been used and studied as a replacement material. According to research on this field, MTA can be used in the same situations for which CH is recommended, with better probabilities of success.

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Title
EL HIDRÓXIDO DE CALCIO, COMO PARADIGMA CLÍNICO, ES SUPERADO POR EL AGREGADO DE TRIÓXIDO MINERAL (MTA)/CALCIUM HYDROXIDE AS A CLINICAL PARADIGM IS SURPASSED BY MINERAL TRIOXIDE AGGREGATE (MTA)
Author
Delgado, Fanny Lucía Yepes; Yepes, César Augusto Castrillón
Pages
176-207
Section
REVISIÓN DE TEMA / TOPIC REVIEW
Publication year
2013
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Universidad de Antioquía
ISSN
0121246X
e-ISSN
21457670
Source type
Scholarly Journal
Language of publication
English, Spanish
ProQuest document ID
1493996674
Copyright
Copyright Universidad de Antioquia 2013