COMPARATIVE EVALUATION OF TRICALCIUM SILICATE, MINERAL TRIOXIDE AGGREGATE AND CALCIUM HYDROXIDE AS DENTAL PULP CAPPING MATERIALS: AN IN-VIVO STUDY.

Introduction: The problem that dentistry has been facing is to integrate the new materials with potential of healing forming hard tissue during dental treatment. Objective: Clinical and radiographic assessment of reparative dentin formation using Tricalcium Silicate (Biodentine), MTA and Ca(OH) 2  as pulp capping agents. Methods: 114 asymptomatic carious teeth involving inner third dentine were treated randomly with one of the pulp capping agents and Fuji IX GIC. They were assessed in 2 nd and 6 th month with final restoration (composite/amalgam) in 6 month if asymptomatic. Results: The overall analysis indicated few failure in the Biodentine group (7.9%; n=3) and MTA group (2.6%; n=1) than in the Ca(OH) 2 group (0%; n=0) .On comparison between Biodentine and MTA using Chi Square Fisher’s Exact Test (=.615) , revealed no significant difference between the group.  Conclusion: This study provided evidence to use Biodentine as an indirect pulp-capping agent as compared with MTA and Ca(OH) 2 .