FERREIRA, A. K. T. F.; FERREIRA, Ana Karla Tavares de Farias.
Resumo:
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.