Materiais obturadores utilizados na Endodontia de dentes decíduos.

Abstract

The radical endodontic treatment in the deciduous teeth is an important chapter for Pediatric Dentistry. This procedure is recommended since 1930 andused as the last clinical resource for maintenance of deciduous tooth in theoral cavity in cases of trauma, inflammation or irreversible pulpnecrosis. The filling materials used in this procedure must have the following characteristics: similar resorptionto that for tooth root, radiopacity and no pigmentation element, be harmless to the periapical tissue and to the germ of the successor permanent fixture, reabsorbed when occurred extravasation, has antiseptic property, provide hermetic sealing, be inserted easily, adhere to the walls of the root canal, and be removed easily if necessary. From the exposition of available scientific evidence, the present study reviews the literature with the purpose of make brief descriptions about the filling materials of deciduous teeth most used in endodontics. The articles were collected in Portuguese, English and Spanish in the following electronic databases: Medline, PubMed, Embase, Cochrane, Lilacs, Scielo and BBO. There is not in the literature researched a consensus as to the best material of choice for make an endodontic treatment in the deciduous elements, but concerns understand that to obtain successful pulpectomy in deciduous teeth, fundamentally comes from choosing a suitable filling material for every single clinical situation.