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16 Δεκ 2022 · The Scottish Clinical Dental Effectiveness Programme advises that formocresol should not be used due to 'concerns about safety'. 1 However, the American Academy of Paediatric Dentistry only ...
Formocresol. Formocresol has been used in dentistry for over 100 years, and for vital pulpotomy in primary teeth for over 80 years. Its efficacy has been extensively studied, with clinical success rates ranging from 70% to 100%, making it the standard against which newer techniques are compared.
3 Μαΐ 2023 · The current paper aimed to review the properties of formocresol and concerns regarding its safety as a pulpotomy medicament for primary teeth.
A commercial solution containing 19% formaldehyde, 35% cresol in a glycerine/water vehicle (Buckley's formocresol, Cosby laboratories, Burbank, CA, USA), was later developed as a suitable medicament for the treatment of pulpally exposed primary teeth.
12 Δεκ 2009 · Formocresol today. Despite the hundreds of articles that have supported the mutagenicity (genotoxicity), carcinogenicity and toxicity of formaldehyde, formocresol is still used today in full...
3 Μαΐ 2023 · Due to concerns about formocresol’s mutagenic and genotoxic potential, its use as a pulpotomy medication is currently debatable. The current paper aimed to review the properties of formocresol and concerns regarding its safety as a pulpotomy medicament for primary teeth.
Until a biologic and reparative alternative has been identified that is clearly and reproducibly superior to formocresol, there are no scientific or toxicologic reasons to abandon formocresol in pediatric dentistry.
