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. 2023 Jan 3;2023:9365845. doi: 10.1155/2023/9365845

Table 1.

The features of soft dentine.

(i) Loaded with a high volume of bacteria
(ii) Has low mineral content (demineralized)
(iii) Has irreversibly denatured collagen
(iv) Histologically, it may be referred to as necrotic and contaminated
(v) Clinically, it can be easily excavated with hand and rotary instrumentation
(vi) It may be retained in extremely deep carious lesions when the possibility of pulp exposure is high