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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2010 Sep 1.
Published in final edited form as: Oper Dent. 2009 Sep–Oct;34(5):615–625. doi: 10.2341/09-132-0

Table 1.

A Comparison of Human Study Outcomes of Direct Pulp Capping Comparing Calcium Hydroxide to Adhesive Systems

Study # Teeth Exposure Type Restoration Time Histo Results
Accorinte and others, 200684 40 Mechanical Total-etch/composite 2 months Y CaOH
De Souza Costa and others, 20014 33 Mechanical Self-etch/composite 10 months Y CaOH
Accorinte and others, 20082 34 Mechanical Self-etch/composite 3 months Y CaOH
Subay and Demirci, 200585 16 Mechanical Total-etch/composite 1 month Y CaOH
Accorinte and others, 20053 25 Mechanical Total-etch/composite 2 months Y CaOH
Fernandes and others, 20085 46 Mechanical Total-etch/composite 1 month Y CaOH
Hörsted-Bindslev and others, 20066 34 Mechanical Total-etch/composite 2 months Y CaOH

Pulp capping material shown in the “Results” column depicts significantly better performance by calcium hydroxide in all cases.

“Histo” refers to whether histological analysis was done as part of outcomes assessment.