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Management of wide open apices in non-vital permanent teeth with Ca(OH)2 paste

  • Tarun Walia1,*,
  • Harpinder Singh Chawla1
  • Krishan Gauba1

1Unit of Pedodontia and Preventive Dentistry, Department of Oral Health Sciences, Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh - 160 012, India.

DOI: 10.17796/jcpd.25.1.n224g827014n02n2 Vol.25,Issue 1,January 2001 pp.51-56

Published: 01 January 2001

*Corresponding Author(s): Tarun Walia E-mail: ttww@yahoo.com

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Abstract

A retrospective study on 15 non-vital immature incisor teeth was done using Ca(OH)2 Pulpdent® paste. A success rate of 100 percent was achieved within one year. The variables influencing the time taken for apexification were also evaluated. The teeth were followed up to a period of 24 months. It was found that older children having narrow open apex had a shorter treatment time than the younger children (NS); teeth without periapical infection showed some amount of root growth and closing of apex that was faster than those with periapical infection (p<0.001). The calcified bridge formed following apexification is a porous structure. This investigation provides information about the time taken and procedure required to achieve apical barrier formation in non-vital immature incisors.

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Tarun Walia,Harpinder Singh Chawla,Krishan Gauba. Management of wide open apices in non-vital permanent teeth with Ca(OH)2 paste. Journal of Clinical Pediatric Dentistry. 2001. 25(1);51-56.

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