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Mineral Trioxide Aggregate (MTA)
Applications in Endodontics:
Miracle dental cement or a glorified
Portland cement?
Mineral trioxide aggregate (MTA) was introduced in 1993 by
Dr. Torabinejad. Since then, many studies about this material
have been published. It has been suggested for root-end filling,
vital pulp therapy, apical plug, perforations repair, and root canal
filling. Very few materials in dentistry possess such flexibility to
be used in so many different circumstances. In this summarized
article we present different clinical scenarios where MTA was
used and healing was obtained.
CASE 2: Apexogenesis
14-year old female with no symptoms but presents with recurrent decay
on tooth #30 and #31 that has reached the pulp. The decay was removed and MTA was used in the pul