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Review
. 2017 May;8(2).
doi: 10.1111/jicd.12195. Epub 2015 Oct 5.

Calcium silicate-based cements: composition, properties, and clinical applications

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Calcium silicate-based cements: composition, properties, and clinical applications

Alaa E Dawood et al. J Investig Clin Dent. 2017 May.

Abstract

Mineral trioxide aggregate (MTA) is a calcium silicate-based cement (CSC) commonly used in endodontic procedures involving pulpal regeneration and hard tissue repair, such as pulp capping, pulpotomy, apexogenesis, apexification, perforation repair, and root-end filling. Despite the superior laboratory and clinical performance of MTA in comparison with previous endodontic repair cements, such as Ca(OH)2 , MTA has poor handling properties and a long setting time. New CSC have been commercially launched and marketed to overcome the limitations of MTA. The aim of the present review was to explore the available literature on new CSC products, and to give evidence-based recommendations for the clinical use of these materials. Within the limitations of the available data in the literature regarding the properties and performance of the new CSC, the newer products could be promising alternatives to MTA; however, further research is required to support this assumption.

Keywords: calcium silicate-based cement; clinical applications; endodontic; mineral trioxide aggregate; properties.

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