Self-Limiting versus Rotary Subjective Carious Tissue Removal: A Randomized Controlled Clinical Trial-2-Year Results.

ABSTRACT: the aim of this study was to assess the 2-year pulp survival of deep carious lesions in teeth excavated using a self-limiting protocol in a single-blind randomized controlled clinical trial. At baseline, 101 teeth with deep carious lesions in 86 patients were excavated randomly using self-limiting or control protocols. Standardized clinical examination and periapical radiographs of teeth were performed after 1- and 2-year follow-ups (REC 14/LO/0880). During the 2-year period of the study, 24 teeth failed (16 and 8 at T12 and T24, respectively). Final analysis shows that 39/63 (61.9%) of teeth were deemed successful (16/33 (48.4%) and 23/30 (76.6%) in the control and experimental groups, respectively with a statistically significant difference (z score = 2.3, p = 0.021). Of teeth with sever

SUBMITTER: Ali AH 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7564758 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature