Evaluation of Chemo-mechanical Caries Removal (CarisolvTM Gel) on Primary Teeth: A Microhardness Study | ||
| Al-Rafidain Dental Journal | ||
| Article 12, Volume 12, Issue 2, December 2012, Pages 289-294 PDF (0 K) | ||
| Document Type: Research Paper | ||
| DOI: 10.33899/rden.2012.65099 | ||
| Author | ||
| Baydaa A Al-Rawi | ||
| Abstract | ||
| the purpose of this study was to compare the Vickers hardness of sound dentin after carious tissue removal using the chemo–mechanical method and the conventional rotary method. Materials and Methods: The carious dentin of thirty extracted human primary lower second molars was removed using Carisolv™ and conventional rotary methods. The Vickers hardness number (VHN) of the cavity floor was determined and the adjacent sound dentin of each tooth was used as a control reference. Results: The results indicated no statistical difference in the microhardness of the dentin in the cavity floor after treatment with Carisolv™ gel and conventional rotary method and no statistical difference in the microhardness of the dentin of both types of caries removal compared with the adjacent control areas. Conclusions: The Carisolv™ gel does not cause a significant change in the microhardness of dentin that remains after being submitted to carious tissue removal. | ||
| Keywords | ||
| the microhardness; Dentin; carious tissue removal | ||
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