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The Dental Pulp Cap and Pulpotomy: Healing Procedures or Just Plain Magic?By Paul J. Flaer, Ana Maria Mejia, Seng Kyu Choi, Claudia Montoya, Reema Kanbaragh, Carlos Gonzalez, Astrid Cardenas, Jude St Charles
Abstract: Mesenchymal stem cells in the dental pulp are multi-potent progenitors with the ability to differentiate into many different cell types including odontoblasts that function in the formation of reparative (secondary) dentin. However, reparative dentin is a two-edged sword to the pulp; it is necessary to ‘wall-off’ a pulp exposure or pulpotomy, but at the same time, it compresses the pulp in its finite living space causing inflammatory and necrotic changes. …
Published in Research and Reviews: A Journal of Dentistry · Vol. 6, Issue 1, 2015 · pp. 8–13 Read article →
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Teratology of Methyl Methacrylate (MMA) in Healthcare WorkersBy Paul J. Flaer, Mohammed Al Rubai, Saif Algarugly, Seng Kyu Choi, Yelena Prato, Reema Agha, Ana Maria Mejia, Carlos Gonzalez, Jude St Charles
Abstract: Methyl Methacrylate (MMA) is a highly useful and generally “safe” biopolymer that is employed widely in the healthcare industry as a malleable and plastic acrylic material. MMA is used in healthcare treatment, especially in dentistry and orthopedic surgery. MMA may be self-cured, heated, microwaved, or light-cured into hardened acrylic plastic material. Self-curing of the combination of monomer liquid and polymer powder is the most common methodology of using MMA; the …
Published in Research and Reviews: A Journal of Dentistry · Vol. 5, Issue 3, 2014 · pp. 21–25 Read article →