Postoperative Pain Evaluation of Mineral Trioxide Aggregate and Propolis After Pulpotomy in Carious Primary Molars
Postoperative Pain Evaluation of Mineral Trioxide Aggregate and Propolis After Pulpotomy in Carious Primary Molars
The study will be self-funded by investigator and carried out on patients from outpatient
 clinic in Pediatric Dentistry and Public Health Department- Faculty of Dentistry, Cairo
 University- Egypt. The procedures will be carried out by postgraduate student Rawda Nader
 Fathy who has B.D.S. (2011) -Alexandria University- Egypt. The procedures will be carried out
 on a Knight Midmark Biltmore dental unit (Midmark Corporation 1700 S. Patterson Blvd. Suite
 400 Dayton, Ohio 45409, USA) in the post graduate clinic of Pediatric Dentistry and Public
 Health Department- Faculty of Dentistry, Cairo University- Egypt.
Inclusion Criteria:

 1. Cooperative patient

 2. Healthy 5-8 years old patient with at least one carious primary molar tooth at each
 side of the patient's mouth.

 3. Presence of at least two-thirds of the root length radiographically.

 4. Restorable tooth.

 5. No signs of hyperemia and hemostasis will be adequately achieved with moistened cotton
 pellet within 5 minutes after coronal pulp amputation.

 Exclusion Criteria:

 1. Teeth showing clinical and radiographic evidence of pulp degeneration such as history
 of spontaneous or nocturnal pain, tenderness to percussion or palpation, pathologic
 mobility, swelling or fistulous tract, periodontal ligament (PDL) space widening,
 internal root resorption, external root resorption, furcal radiolucency/inter-
 radicular bone destruction and/or periapical bone destruction.

 2. Patients eliciting history of known allergy to pollens associated with propolis.

 3. Parent or guardian refusal to participate.