Name & Categorie
Name:
Medcem PC Portland Cement
Classification Category:
Pure Portland Cement
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Manufacturer
Medcem GmbH
Zahnmedizin - Innovation
Adress:
Bahnhofstrasse 12
CH-8570 Weinfelden
Switzerland
Tel: +41 71 620 04 21
Fax: +41 71 620 04 22
E-mail: info@medcem.ch
Internet: www.medcem.ch
Intended purpose
Pulp capping, pulpotomie
In the root:
- Repair of root perforations.
- Repair of furcation perforations.
- Repair of perforating internal resorptions.
- Repair of external resorption
- Apexification.
- Root-end filling in endodontic surgery (retrograde filling).
Composition according to the manufacturer
Medcem pur Portlandcement for use in dentistry
Composition according to scientific article
Portland-Zement & Zirkonium
Steffen, N. Krämer, H. van Waes. MTA in der Kinderzahnmedizin – Grundlagen zum Material und Anwendungen in der Kinderzahnmedizinhnmedizin. up2date 6 Œ2014 Œ621–635, 28.4.16
Important articles
Steffen, van Waes. From Limestonequarry to the Dental Pulp; Conformity Assessement of Portland Cement (PC) as a Medical Device.10th Poster EAPD Congress Herogate 2010
Steffen, van Waes. Understanding mineral trioxide aggregate/Portland-cement: A review of literature and background factors. European Archives of Paediatric Dentistry // 10 (2). 2009
Vilimek V. Success rate of MedCem Portland Cement as pulp capping agent in pulpotomy in the primary dentition. Oral persentation 13th EAPD Congress in Belgrad 2016.
Rajasekharan S et al. Effect of pH on the calcium ion release profiles of three different tricalcium silicate cements . Oral persentation 13th EAPD Congress in Belgrad 2016.
Dimitraki D et al. Comparison of Pulpotomy and Direct Pulp Capping with MTA in carious primary molars. Oral persentation 13th EAPD Congress in Belgrad 2016.
Contraindications according to the manufacturer
LIMITS OF USE
- Do not use when radioopacity is needed
- Restoration of large loss of tooth substance subjected to high stresses.
- Treatment of teeth with irreversible pulpitis.
SIDE EFFECTS
- No known side effects.
Heavy metal content according to the literature
In md/kg
Ag, < 0.5, AS < 2, Cd < 0.3, Co < 1, Cr < 5, Hg < 0.005, Pb < 2.5, Sn < 2.5, Ni < 60, Zn < 10
Steffen R, van Waes H. Scientific Research, Dental Materials: From Limestonequarry to the Dental Pulp;
Conformity Assessment of Portland Cement (PC) as a Medical Device. Poster 10th Congress EAPD 2010 Harrogate.
Heavy metal content
according to the manufacturer
tested heavy metal contend ISO 9917
Importance for traumatology
Can be used for pulp capping, and regenerative endodontic procedure and preferable in traumatized permanent incissors
Adverse events
Non
Lenherr P et al. Tooth discoloration induced by endodontic materials: a laboratory study. 2012, Int Endo J
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