Name & Categorie
Name:
ProRoot © MTA Root Canal Repair Material (white)
Classification Category:
Original MTA ProRoot
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Manufacturer
DENTSPLY Tulsa Dental Specialties
DENTSPLY International
(Product Information) Tel: 1-800-262-8200
Adress:
Inc. 5100 E. Skelly Drive, Suite 300 Tulsa
OK 74135
U.S.A.
Tel: 1-800-662-1202
Fax: 1-800-597-2779
E-mail: endodontics-na-cs@dentsply.com
Internet: www.tulsadentalspecialties.com
Intended purpose
- Pulp capping, pulpotomie Apical plug during apexification
- Repair of root perforations during root canal therapy
- Treating internal root resorption
- Root-end filling material
- Pulp-capping material
Composition according to the manufacturer
Portlandzement 60-90%
Bismuthoxide 10-14%
Composition according to scientific article
Portlandzement 60-90%
Bismuthoxide 10-14%
Important articles
Saeed Asgary, et al Chemical Differences Between White and Gray Mineral Trioxide Aggregate JOE - Volume 31, Number 2, February 2005
Camilleri J et al. The constitution of mineral trioxide aggregate.
Dental Materials (2005) 21, 297-303.
Torabinejad DM & Parirokh M. Mineral Trioxide Aggregate: A Comprehensive Literature Review - Part I-III. JOE - Volume 36, Number 1-3, January- March 2010
Contraindications according to the manufacturer
LIMITS OF USE
- Restoration of large loss of tooth substance subjected to high stresses.
- Treatment of teeth with irreversible pulpitis.
- do not use in visible aera
SIDE EFFECTS
- No known side effects
Heavy metal content according to the literature
The concentrations of Cd, Cu, Fe, Mn, Ni and Zn in Ortho MTA were 0.10, 7.73, 49.51, 2.58, 0.82 and 10.09 p.p.m., respectively. The concentrations of Cd, Cu, Fe, Mn, Ni and Zn in ProRoot MTA were 0.16, 9.38, 1438.11, 74.51, 18.98 and 4.05 p.p.m., respectively.
In conclusion, Ortho MTA had lower levels of Cd, Cu, Fe, Mn and Ni than ProRoot MTA.Kum et al. H. Analysis of six heavy metals in Ortho mineral trioxide aggregate and ProRoot mineral trioxide aggregate by inductively coupled plasma–optical emission spectrometrya. Aust Endod J 2013; 39: 126– 130
Heavy metal content
according to the manufacturer
No information
Importance for traumatology
Can be used for pulp capping, and apexification, take care of discoloration
Adverse events
Discoloration
- Grazziotin-Soares R et al. Effect of bismuth oxide on white mineral trioxide aggregate: chemical characterization and physical properties International Endodontic Journal, 47, 520–533, 2014
- Kahler B et al. A Review of Tooth Discoloration after Regenerative Endodontic Therapy .JOE — Volume 42, Number 4, April 2016
- Felman, Parashos, Coronal tooth discoloration and white mineral trioxide aggregate. J Endod. 2013 Apr;39(4):484-7.
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