RCT

Question 1

What are the ingredients in odontopaste?

Answer 1

• Clindamycin Hcl (5%)
• Triamcinolone (1%)
• Calcium hydroxide (0.5% - not high enough to destroy steroid)
  NOTE: zinc oxide base
  FUN fact: Odontopaste was developed in Australia!

Question 2

What is bad about employing a 50:50 blend of odontopaste and calcicur?

Answer 2

High pH of calcicur destroys steroid component of odontopaste.

Question 3

What is the minimum base to height ratio before cuspal protection is recommended?

Answer 3

Min base to height ratio = 1
NOTE: in some cases it is wiser to remove limited amounts of tooth structure to prevent possibly larger uncontrolled loss later.

Question 4

Fun Fact

Answer 4

Frank et al recommended cuspal protection whenever the marginal ridge of a pulpless tooth is no longer intact, so the tooth maintains a ‘chain of continuous strength’