TY - JOUR
T1 - A review of the literature on the efficacy of mineral trioxide aggregate in conservative dentistry
AU - Hosoya, Noriyasu
AU - Takigawa, Tomoyoshi
AU - Horie, Taku
AU - Maeda, Hidefumi
AU - Yamamoto, Yuko
AU - Momoi, Yasuko
AU - Yamamoto, Kazuyo
AU - Okiji, Takashi
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2019, Japanese Society for Dental Materials and Devices. All rights reserved.
Copyright:
Copyright 2019 Elsevier B.V., All rights reserved.
PY - 2019
Y1 - 2019
N2 - The aim of this literature review was to assess the clinical performance of MTA to establish the evidence level for its effectiveness in vital pulp therapy, perforation repair, and retrograde root canal filling. A comprehensive literature survey was performed via electronic databases of PubMed/MEDLINE. A total of 58 papers were reviewed in this study, of which 2 were systematic reviews/ meta-analysis, 9 were randomized controlled trials (RCTs), and the rest were fallen into other categories. Mineral trioxide aggregate (MTA) provided better pulp protection as a direct capping material when compared with calcium hydroxide. As perforation repair materials, MTA demonstrated an excellent sealing ability in vitro. For periodontal tissues around a perforation, MTA provided normal healing processes in clinical trials. It is therefore concluded that MTA has a high potential in repairing perforations. MTA is the most promising material when used for retrograde root canal filling demonstrating normal healing in short/long term clinical outcomes.
AB - The aim of this literature review was to assess the clinical performance of MTA to establish the evidence level for its effectiveness in vital pulp therapy, perforation repair, and retrograde root canal filling. A comprehensive literature survey was performed via electronic databases of PubMed/MEDLINE. A total of 58 papers were reviewed in this study, of which 2 were systematic reviews/ meta-analysis, 9 were randomized controlled trials (RCTs), and the rest were fallen into other categories. Mineral trioxide aggregate (MTA) provided better pulp protection as a direct capping material when compared with calcium hydroxide. As perforation repair materials, MTA demonstrated an excellent sealing ability in vitro. For periodontal tissues around a perforation, MTA provided normal healing processes in clinical trials. It is therefore concluded that MTA has a high potential in repairing perforations. MTA is the most promising material when used for retrograde root canal filling demonstrating normal healing in short/long term clinical outcomes.
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U2 - 10.4012/dmj.2018-193
DO - 10.4012/dmj.2018-193
M3 - Review article
C2 - 31189792
AN - SCOPUS:85070691223
SN - 0287-4547
VL - 38
SP - 693
EP - 700
JO - dental materials journal
JF - dental materials journal
IS - 5
ER -