Calcium phosphate cement as an alternative for formocresol in primary teeth pulpotomies

• Main Authors: Bijimole Jose (Author), N Ratnakumari (Author), Mira Mohanty (Author), H K Varma (Author), Manoj Komath (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications, 2013-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Background: Formocresol remains to be the preferred medicament in pulpotomy, despite the concerns regarding tissue devitalization and systemic toxicity. Several materials were used as alternatives, but none proved significantly advantageous. Of recent, calcium phosphate cement (CPC) has been project...