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Preserving the Vital Pulp in Operative Dentistry: 4. Factors Influencing Successful Pulp Capping

From Volume 29, Issue 5, June 2002 | Pages 225-233

Authors

Peter E. Murray

BSc, PhD

Research Fellow in Oral Biology, University of Birmingham

Articles by Peter E. Murray

Philip J Lumley

PhD, BDS, MDentSci, FDS RCPS

Senior lecturer in Restorative Dentistry, School of Dentistry, University of Birmingham

Articles by Philip J Lumley

Abeer A. Hafez

BDS, MSc

Postgraduate DDS student, USC, Los Angeles

Articles by Abeer A. Hafez

Charles F. Cox

DMD, FADI

Professor of Dentistry, UCLA, Los Angeles, USA

Articles by Charles F. Cox

Anthony J. Smith

BSc, PhD

Professor of Oral Biology, Peter E. Murray, BSc, PhD, Research Fellow in Oral Biology, School of Dentistry, University of Birmingham

Articles by Anthony J. Smith

Abstract

The sequence of factors that mediate pulp inflammation and necrosis are unclear, and controversy surrounds the effects of different pulp capping materials on exposed pulps. Clinicians have few quantitative studies that rank the in vivo pulp capping effects of commonly used restorative materials.

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