Wound Lavage in Studies on Vital Pulp Therapy of Permanent Teeth with Carious Exposures: A Qualitative Systematic Review.

A highly significant ( p < 0.005) tendency was found for authors to use NaOCl for chemical soft tissue debridement in the more recent studies ( Figure 2 a).

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Conclusions This systematic review identified a clear trend towards using sodium hypochlorite for pulp wound lavage during vital pulp therapy in recent trials and in combination with the use of calcium silicate cements as pulp capping materials.

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Our findings suggest that there is an increasing trend towards using NaOCl solutions for pulp wound lavage in the VPT of carious exposures despite the lack of scientific evidence for it.

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