Avanços da proteção pulpar direta.

Abstract

Promoting health and preserving teeth in the oral cavity, so they can perform their proper functions of mastication, esthetics and phonation. The focus of prevention about the establishment of diseases and preservation of dental tissues when they are injured is strongly increasing in dentistry. However, in face of the advancement in decay disease and its aggression to the pulp itself, it is necessary to have viable alternatives in seeking to maintain as much dental structure as possible and maintain the vitality of the involved tooth. The literature presents as alternatives the indirect and direct pulp capping techniques, pulp curettage and pulpotomy. For such conservative treatments the use of materials that exhibit qualities such as antimicrobial action, biocompatibility with the damaged tissues and ability to stimulate the formation of calcified barriers are recognized. The objective of this work was to evaluate the materials used in the direct pulp protection os deciduous and permanent teeth, in different situations of conservative treatment. The results on this study demonstrated that several materials are used in these situations, since formocresol whose degree of toxicity is high, to materials that act in a more biological way repairing the tissue.