04/14/2026
🦷 Pulp Capping with Next-Generation Biomaterials: Preserving Tooth Vitality
Pulp capping represents one of the most advanced and conservative strategies in modern dentistry for maintaining pulp vitality after exposure or extreme proximity during the removal of carious tissue. Thanks to next-generation biomaterials, predictable tissue regeneration and a long-lasting biological seal are now possible.
✅ Among the most innovative materials are:
◻️ Biodentine™ (Septodont): a bioactive material based on tricalcium silicate, with high biocompatibility, rapid release of calcium ions, and excellent marginal seal. It stimulates the formation of reparative dentin and reduces pulp inflammation.
◻️ TheraCal LC® (BISCO): a light-cured resin-modified calcium silicate coating. It combines ease of clinical use with sustained calcium release and an antibacterial alkaline pH.
◻️ MTA Repair HP® (Angelus): an evolution of traditional MTA, with improved handling and stable color. It promotes the induction of dentin bridges and pulp healing without pigmentation.
◻️ Bioceramic Putty (EndoSequence®, Brasseler USA): a ready-to-use material with nanometric particles that optimize apical sealing and biointegration.
👉 Clinical success depends on absolute isolation, bleeding control, and immediate hermetic restoration that prevents bacterial leakage. Thanks to these advances, pulp capping is becoming established as a regenerative dentistry option, capable of avoiding endodontic treatments in teeth that can retain their vitality.
