Endodontic Treatment of Necrotic Primary Teeth With Guedes Pinto Paste: A Randomized Clinical Trial

Summary

The maintenance of primary teeth until their exfoliation has been one of the main purposes of Pediatric Dentistry, are they representing the fundamental basis for proper occlusion of the permanent dentition. Often, injuries or extensive dental caries reach the pulp of deciduous teeth making maintenance on these dependent endodontic treatment arc. Thus, this study was to conduct a randomized clinical trial with longitudinal follow-up of two years, double blind, to compare the degree of success of endodontic treatment in primary among the most used folder, Guedes Pinto paste, and one Calcium hydroxide and iodoform paste to control, Vitapex.

Timeline

Start

2015-01

Primary completion

2015-07

Completion

2018-02

Publications

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• Results Guedes-Pinto AC, De Paiva JG, Bozzola JR. [Endodontic treatment of deciduous teeth with pulp necrosis]. Rev Assoc Paul Cir Dent. 1981 May-Jun;35(3):240-4. No abstract available. Portuguese.
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