Table 3.
Score percentages of calcific bridge formation, pulpal inflammation and tissue necrosis in the corticosteroid -treated group after DPC with Dycal, MTA and Biodentine and their statistical analyses
| Parameter | Pulp capping materials | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Scores | Ca(OH)2 based cement | MTA | Biodentine | P † | |||||
| Calcific bridge formation | Percentage | None | 12.5% | 0.0% | 0.0% | < 0.001* | |||
| Initial | 50.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | ||||||
| Partial | 37.5% | 50.0% | 37.5% | ||||||
| Complete | 0.0% | 50.0% | 62.5% | ||||||
| Median (range) | 2.0 (1.0–3.0) | 3.5(3.0–4.0) | 4.00(3.0–4.0) | ||||||
| P ‡ | P1 = 0.002* |
P1 = 0.001* P2 = 0.77 |
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| Pulpal inflammation | Percentage | Minimal | 25.0% | 75.0% | 87.5% | < 0.05* | |||
| Mild | 50.0% | 25.0% | 12.5% | ||||||
| Moderate | 25.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | ||||||
| Severe | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | ||||||
| Median (range) | 2.0 (1.0–3.0) | 1.0 (1.0–2.0) | 1.0(1.0–2.0) | ||||||
| P ‡ | P1 = 0.04* |
P1 = 0.015* P2 = 0.7 |
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| Tissue necrosis | Percentage | None | 25.0% | 87.5% | 87.5% | < 0.05* | |||
| Mild | 62.5% | 12.5% | 12.5% | ||||||
| Moderate | 12.5% | 0.0% | 0.0% | ||||||
| Severe | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | ||||||
| Median (range) | 2.0 (1.0–3.0) | 1.0(1.0–2.0) | 1.0(1.0–2.0) | ||||||
| P ‡ | P1 = 0.02* |
P1 = 0.02* P2 = 1.00 |
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†Kruskal Wallis, ‡Mann-Whitney U, P1: significance Vs Ca(OH)2 based cement subgroup and P2: significance Vs MTA subgroup *Significant at ≤ 0.05