Title: Treament of calcium hydroxide as intracanal medication
Abstract: Objective]To evaluate and compare the efficacy of calcium hydroxide or formocresol as an intracanal medicament in root canal therapy of periapical periodontitis teeth. [Methods]A randomized study of intracnanal placement of calcium hydroxide paste as a therapy for teeth with periapical periodontitis was performed 174 teeth with periapical periodontitis were randomly allocated to either theformocresol group (F) or the calcium hydroxide group (C) .After the root canals were hand-intrumented,they were given intracanal placement of calcium hydroxide-glycerin paste by using spiral filler or formocresol by using absorbent paper points,replaced the intracanal medicament or filled the root canal if signs and symptoms were disappeared after a 1-week period.The effects and microbiologic test performance were investigated.[Results]Statistically siginificcant differences between calcium hydroxide and formocresol was found. Sixty seven point seven percen(71/89) of teeth treated with calcium hydroxide and foty percent (38/85) treated with formocresol were obturated at the second visit(chi-squaretest P 0.01).Incidence of post-operative pain after using formocresol was eight point three percent (7/85),post-operative pain were absent in group(C) ( P 0.05).A significant correlation between microbiologic test performance and clinical efficacy was observed.[Conclusion]This investigation confirms that calcium hydroxide paste is superior to formocresol as an intracanal medicament in root cannal therapy of periapical periodontitis teeth.
Publication Year: 2004
Publication Date: 2004-01-01
Language: en
Type: article
Access and Citation
AI Researcher Chatbot
Get quick answers to your questions about the article from our AI researcher chatbot