MTA is a promising material introduced in dentistry in recent days. A recently introduced MTA sealer, manufacturers claim it has numerous advantages over conventional sealers. As conventional MTA is not resorbable (to considerable extent), I wonder weather this MTA sealer really resorbs when pushed beyond apex...,
Haroon Rashid Baloch
Hello. MTA has no harmful effects after being extruded from the apex. And yes, it does disappear after extrusion but takes a while.
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3723285/
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Manuel Marques Ferreira
MTA has osteogenic properties and is well tolerate by the periapical tissues.
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Prashant Battepati
Thank you Dr Muhammad, Dr Ferreira and Dr Nirmala for your valuable inputs.
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