Dental pulp responses to pulp capping materials and bioactive molecules

Authors

Kajohnkiart Janebodin
Orapin V. Horst
Thanaphum Osathanon

Publication Date

2010-09-01

Abstract

An ideal treatment outcome of pulpal exposure during restorative procedures is to regain the primary structure of tubular dentin as well as maintain the vitality and healthiness of the dental pulp. Presumably this gold standard result requires pulp capping materials with antibacterial, anti-inflammatory, and dentin-pulp tissue regenerative properties. Various capping materials have been used in dentistry but none have been able to predictably induce the regeneration of underlying tubular dentin. Recently, potentially applicable tissue engineering strategies using scaffolds containing growth factors were introduced with promising results for dentin regeneration in animals, and similar approaches have been shown to be successful in non-dental clinical problems such as bone regeneration. This article presents a review of dental pulp responses to commercially available pulp capping materials and discusses candidate bioactive molecules investigated in animals for dentin-pulp regeneration.

DOI

10.58837/CHULA.CUDJ.33.3.8

First Page

229

Last Page

248

Recommended Citation

Janebodin, Kajohnkiart; Horst, Orapin V.; and Osathanon, Thanaphum (2010) "Dental pulp responses to pulp capping materials and bioactive molecules," Chulalongkorn University Dental Journal: Vol. 33: Iss. 3, Article 8.
DOI: 10.58837/CHULA.CUDJ.33.3.8
Available at: https://digital.car.chula.ac.th/cudj/vol33/iss3/8