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Mineral Trioxide Aggregate and Evidence-Based Practice

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Mineral Trioxide Aggregate in Dentistry

Abstract

In the new millennium, evidence-based practice (EBP) cannot be overlooked by dental clinicians. Mineral trioxide aggregate (MTA) is a biomaterial that has made a great impact in dental practice. Evidence-based practitioners who wish to utilise the current best evidence into their practices are sometimes confused with the MTA research exponential growth since 1993, i.e. existence of several randomised clinical trials with inhomogeneous results.

This chapter aims to guide the reader through the steps and concepts of EBP in dentistry. The chapter will provide readers with basic knowledge of EBP by discussing the levels of evidence and grades of recommendation, framing a foreground question, finding the evidence, and then critical appraisal. Using the principles and methods of EBP, the chapter tends to focus on MTA and its multiple uses in dentistry, thus providing a timely resource for evidence-based practice with MTA for four specific clinical applications: (1) root-end filling, (2) vital pulp therapy in primary teeth, (3) management of immature permanent teeth, and finally (4) vital pulp therapy in mature permanent teeth.

Every attempt has been made to find the most recent and highest ranking evidences for this chapter, hoping that such a remarkable collection of evidence with high quality might increase MTA evidence-based practice in modern dentistry.

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Asgary, S. (2014). Mineral Trioxide Aggregate and Evidence-Based Practice. In: Camilleri, J. (eds) Mineral Trioxide Aggregate in Dentistry. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-55157-4_9

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