Evaluation of Triple Antibiotic Paste Pulp Therapy Compared to Vitapex in Primary Molars.

• Status: Completed
• Trial end date: 2018-12-30
• Target enrollment: 0
• Participant gender: All

Summary

The aim of the study was to compare the clinical and radiographic success of triple antibiotic paste (TAP) which includes (metronidazole, ciprofloxacin, and minocycline) and Vitapex (calcium hydroxide/iodoform paste) for root canal treatment of pulpally involved teeth.

• Phase: Phase 3
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers?: No

Details

• Lead Sponsor: King Abdulaziz University
• Treatments: Anti-Bacterial Agents; Calcium

Criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

Primary molars with at least one of the following signs and symptoms were eligible and were included in the study:

• badly decayed with signs of irreversible pulpitis,

• necrosis and chronic infection such as: pain or tenderness to percussion and palpation, abscess, fistula-opening, gingival swelling, grade II and greater pathological tooth mobility, evidence of periapical/bifurcation radiolucency,

All the teeth included, had physiological root resorption of less than one third of the root.

Exclusion Criteria

• Teeth showing radiographic evidence of excessive internal or external root resorption,

• perforated pulpal floor,

• excessive bone loss in furcation area involving the underlying tooth germ,

• non- restorable teeth were excluded from the study.