Role of Indirect Pulp Capping In Pediatric Dentistry - A Review of the Literature

Abstract

Pulp exposure of the dental pulp exists when the continuity of the dentin surrounding the pulp is broken by physical or bacterial means leading to direct communication between the pulp and the oral environment which will be managed by Indirect Pulp Therapy(IPT). IPT aims at treating deep carious lesions that are asymptomatic by removing the carious dentin that contain the majority of the microorganisms and sealing the lesion to allow pulp to regenerate tertiary dentin. The purpose of this article is to systemically review the IPT procedures, its materials and success rate by summarizing the review articles taken from Pubmed, Science direct, Scopus and other libraries.

Keywords

• Indirect pulp capping
• Indirect pulp therapy
• pulp capping materials
• Calcium Hydroxide
• Zinc Oxide Eugenol
• Glass Ionomer Cement