Legitimacy of Use of Formocresol in Pediatric Dentistry History and Present of a Well-known Procedure in Pediatric Endodontics
Authors:
J. Kováč; D. Kováč
Authors‘ workplace:
Klinika stomatológie a maxilofaciálnej chirurgie LFUK a OÚSA, Bratislava, SR
Published in:
Česká stomatologie / Praktické zubní lékařství, ročník 111, 2011, 3, s. 51-56
Category:
Review Article
Overview
This review article deals with the endodontic therapy problem of primary teeth, formocresol pulpotomy, legitimacy of use of formocresol in pediatric dentistry, concerns about formocresol and alternatives to the formocresol pulpotomy.
The decades of research have identified old-fashioned formaldehyde products like formocresol as problematic because of its toxicity, carcinogenicity, and genotoxicity. There are several viable and superior noninvasive clinical procedures. The end of the article deals with the reasons to abandon formocresol in pediatric dentistry.
Key words:
formocresol – formocresol pulpotomy – efficacy of formocresol pulpotomy – concerns about formocresol – alternatives to the formocresol pulpotomy
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