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On the basis of the evidence presented in this review, it is highly unlikely that formocresol, judiciously used, is genotoxic or immunotoxic or poses a cancer risk to children who undergo one or more formocresol pulpotomy procedures.
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. With reference to the context of the recently...
This move has made formocresol become obsolete in dentistry irrespective of its unproven toxic effects from previous studies, and an active search for a new material to replace formocresol is being made. 7 Modern trends in dentistry are searching for more biocompatible substances to substitute formocresol as the choice of medicament for primary ...
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.
29 Δεκ 2022 · We performed this network meta-analysis to determine the comparative efficacy of formocresol (FC), ferric sulfate (FS), sodium hypochlorite (NaOCl), calcium hydroxide (CH), mineral trioxide aggregate (MTA), biodentine, and laser for pulpotomy of molar teeth.
There is enough evidence today to conclude that if formocresol is to be used at all, the one-fifth concentration should be preferred for pulpotomy procedures because it is as effective as and less damaging than the traditional preparation.
12 Δεκ 2009 · Formaldehyde remains a genotoxic and carcinogenic problem worldwide. The most recent articles are discussed in the light of the need to abandon formocresol.