EFFICIENCY OF DENTIN CARIES THERAPY USING DRUG WITH REMINERALIZING EFFECT

Aim. The aim of the study was to carry out clinicoelectrometric assessment of the efficiency of using remineralizing gel when treating dentin caries. Materials and methods. Complex dental study included 135 patients aged 21 to 37 years (56 men and 79 women). Dental caries prevalence and severity indices and oral hygiene status were studied; pulp status was estimated by excitability index; mineralization degree of dentin of the pulp floor was studied using dentin electric conductivity (DEC) data with the unit “Dentest” (Geosoft Firm). Dental roentgenological investigation was performed with visiograph (Planmeca Firm). Results. Successful treatment of dentin caries requires active remineralizing therapy. As a result of preliminary biopharmaceutical, technological and clinical studies, the composition of gel for dentin remineralization was offered; technology of its preparation was developed; standardization was fulfilled according to authenticity and quantitative content of the basic reactants, technological parameters and microbiological purity. By means of the offered drug, a complex problem including simultaneous presence of calcium, phosphorus and fluorine ions is solved. Remineralizing gel used at the first stage of deep caries treatment contributes to intensive mineralization of dentin and permits to fill carious cavities without therapeutic basis. Conclusions. The studies on the use of remineralizing gel for treatment of dentin caries make it possible to recommend it as an effective remineralizing remedy at the initial stage of dentin caries therapy.

Remineralizing gel, dentin caries therapy