Prognosis of Vital Pulp Therapy on Permanent Dentition: A Systematic Review and Metaanalysis of Randomized Controlled Trials
CE Hours: 1.0
Description: The aim of this systematic review was to evaluate the existing randomized controlled trials (RCTs) on the safety and efficacy of vital pulp therapy (VPT) and to analyze the outcomes of VPT performed with a variety of pulp-capping materials and techniques.
- Discuss technique, etiology, developmental stages, and preoperative diagnosis do not significantly influence the treatment outcome.
- Explain Vital pulp therapy is a predictable procedure with a high survival rate and success rate.
- Discuss how vital pulp therapy is a predictable procedure with a high survival rate and success rate.
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Mohammed Sabeti, DDS, MA
Yuji Huang, DDS, PhD
Yoo Jung Chung
Amir Azarpazhooh, D.D.S., M.Sc., Ph.D.
Dr. Amir Azarpazhooh received his DDS from Iran (2001), his speciality training at the University of Toronto (UofT) in Dental Public Health (2007) and endodontics (2010), followed by his PhD in 2011. He is a UofT full-time tenured Associate Professor, with cross-appointments to the Clinical Epidemiology Program at the Institute of Health Policy, Management and Evaluation, Faculty of Medicine, and Toronto Health Economics and Technology Assessment Collaborative, UofT. He is also the Head of both Divisions of Endodontics and Research at the Department of Dentistry, Mount Sinai Hospital, Toronto.
Currently, his attributed grants and awards total more than CDN $1.25M and these have enabled him to manage a strong group of graduate students over the years. To date, he has been an editor of a textbook on evidence-based dentistry, has published six book chapters, and more than 150 papers, abstracts and reports and has presented at over 50 national and international scientific meetings. He has been awarded nationally and internationally, by the Cochrane Canada, the Canadian Academy of Endodontics, and the American Association of Endodontists. He is an Associate Editor of the Journal of Endodontics.
Amir is a practicing endodontist, with part-time private practices in Toronto as well as a hospital practice in Mount Sinai Hospital providing endodontic care to patients when their medical, physical or mental status indicates the need for a hospital environment. Despite his heavy load of teaching, research and clinical practice, out of the office he enjoys life with his wife, travelling, cycling, photography, and gardening.
