Review Article
Biodentine: A Promising Dentin substitute
Harpreet Singh*, Mandeep Kaur, Sheenam Markan and Pooja Kapoor
Department of conservative dentistry & Endodontics, Gian Sagar Dental College & Hospital, Pataila, Punjab, India
- Corresponding Author:
- Harpreet Singh, MDS
Associate Professsor, Gian Sagar Dental College & Hospital
Pataila, Punjab, India
Tel: 9815493618
E-mail: hsgentledental@gmail.com
Received date: June 24, 2014; Accepted date: August 04, 2014; Published date: August 11, 2014
Citation: Singh H, Kaur M, Markan S, Kapoor P (2014) Biodentine: A Promising Dentin substitute. J Interdiscipl Med Dent Sci 2:140. doi:10.4172/ 2376-032X.1000140
Copyright: © 2014 Singh H, et al. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
Abstract
Biodentine material has been recently introduced in dentistry in order to provide dentin substitute for coronal and radicular pulp. Although number of materials like Amalgam, GIC, Composite and MTA are available in market for repair of dentin loss in tooth structure, none of these possesses ideal properties. Despite of number of advantages of MTA, its limitations cannot be overlooked. These drawbacks have been overcome by a new calcium silicate based material named Biodentine which has good handling properties, short setting time and improved mechanical properties. In nut shell it is able to act as a promising dentin substitute in coronal and radicular portion of tooth.