Direct Pulp-Capping Performed by Dental Students has a Success Rate Close to 60%. Direct Capping of Carious Pulp Exposures is Significantly Less Successful (33%) than Direct Capping of Mechanical Pulp Exposures (92%)

Ritter, André V.

doi:10.1016/j.jebdp.2007.09.001

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Volume 7, Issue 4 , Pages 165-166, December 2007

Direct Pulp-Capping Performed by Dental Students has a Success Rate Close to 60%. Direct Capping of Carious Pulp Exposures is Significantly Less Successful (33%) than Direct Capping of Mechanical Pulp Exposures (92%)

441 Brauer Hall, UNC School of Dentistry CB#7450, Department of Operative Dentistry, Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27599-7450

Article Title and Bibliographic Information

The Radiographic Outcomes of Direct Pulp-Capping Procedures Performed by Dental Students: A Retrospective Study

Al-Hiyasat AS, Barrieshi-Nusair KM, Al-Omari MA.

J Am Dent Assoc 2006;137(12):1699-705

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Purpose/Question

The purpose of this study was to evaluate radiographically the treatment outcome of direct pulp-capping procedures performed by dental students in a teaching clinic. The research question was “What are the success and failure rates of direct pulp-capping procedures performed by dental students?”