Mineral Trioxide Aggregate- A Boon to Dentistry
Nanika Mahajan
Department of Pedodontics, Private Practioner, Jammu, India.
Shefally Garg *
Department of Conservative Dentistry and Endodontics, Private Practioner, Chandigarh, India.
Bhanu Kotwal
Department of Periodontology and Implantology, Indira Gandhi Government Dental College Jammu, India.
Bhawna Kaul
Department of Pedodontics, Indira Gandhi Government Dental College, Jammu, India.
Shalan Kaul
Department of Pedodontics, Indira Gandhi Government Dental College, Jammu, India.
Sharad Kharyal
Department of Orthodontics and Dentofacial Orthopaedics, Private Practioner, India.
*Author to whom correspondence should be addressed.
Abstract
Surgical treatment involves the placement of a material designed to seal the root canal contents from the periradicular tissues and repair root defects. An ideal endodontic repair material ideally would adhere to tooth structure, maintain a sufficient seal, be insoluble in tissue fluids, dimensionally stable, non-resorbable, radiopaque, and exhibit biocompatibility. The diverse application of Mineral Trioxide Aggregate in the practice of paediatric dentistry is evident in its use as an apical barrier in immature non-vital teeth and in the coronal fragment of fractured roots, as a pulpotomy medicament in primary and permanent teeth, a pulp capping agent in young permanent teeth, and as a repair material for perforation and resorptive defects.
Keywords: Portland cement, calcium hydroxide, pulpotomy, pulpectomy, apexification.