The use of organic bone matrix as material for direct pulp capping
Sluka, H.; Lehmann, R.; Flores de Jacoby, L.
Deutsche Zahnarztliche Zeitschrift 34(6): 467-469
1979
ISSN/ISBN: 0012-1029 PMID: 383464 Document Number: 151841
The effect of bone matrix soaked in thyrocalcitonin on vitally amputated pulp was studied in beagle dogs with light and electron microscopy. All treated teeth were vital after eight weeks; the area of implantation was densely populated with cells. Formation of hard tissue differing from normal dentinogenesis had begun.