Nonvital Pulp Therapy in Primary Teeth Using Mineral Trioxide Aggregate Obturation: A Retrospective Case Series.

Makiguchi T, Terauchi Y, Wong K, Bogen G
Case Rep Dent 2026
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Nonvital pulp therapy is a treatment option that can preserve pathologically affected primary teeth and contribute to space maintenance. This retrospective case series examined the healing effects in infected primary teeth after pulpectomy (PE) using mineral trioxide aggregate (MTA) obturation and eruption characteristics of the succedaneous teeth. Twenty-one teeth in 17 patients (mean age: 7 years 1 month) were selected for PE using MTA and diagnosed with pulp necrosis, periapical/furcation radiolucencies (67%,