28 September 2024 : Clinical Research
Comparative Analysis of Calcium and Hydroxyl Ion Release from Pulp Dressing Materials in Pulpotomized Premolars
Wafa H. Alaajam
12ABDEFG*, Khalid M. Abdelaziz 1ACDEF, Ashraf Abdelfattah Khalil 13BEFG, Hoda Lotfy Abouzeid 4BDEFG, Ghadeer Saleh Alwadai 1DEFG, Arwa Ali Y. Daghrery 5EFG, Munirah Ahmed Almuawwad 6BFG, Abeer Saeed Alqahtani6BFG, Tasneem A. Humhum6CFG, Mohammed M. Al Moaleem 7EFG
DOI: 10.12659/MSM.945089
Med Sci Monit 2024; 30:e945089
Table 1 Calcium ion concentration (ppm) in different test groups at different timepoints.
| Time intervals (subgroups) | Capping Materials | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Group 1 (Reference) | Group 2 (Control) | Group 3 (Dycal) | Group 4 (ESRRM) | Group 5 (MTA-Angelus) | |
| 24 hours | 0.26±0.06 | 0.20±0.03 | 0.49±0.10 | 1.48±0.81 | 1.43±0.33 |
| 1 week | 0.29±0.07 | 0.23±0.03 | 1.68±0.69 | 2.92±0.62 | 2.78±0.60 |
| 4 weeks | 0.34±0.05 | 0.34±0.06 | 2.60±0.70 | 4.76±1.17 | 1.91±0.70 |
| 8 weeks | 0.21±0.07 | 0.19±0.08 | 0.36±0.51 | 1.45±0.38 | 1.41±0.37 |
| Within the same row (subgroup/time interval), superscript letters indicate significant differences between groups/materials (Tukey’s, P | |||||