Case report of using Mineral Trioxide Aggregate on root canal perforation

Abstract

Abstract : Mineral Trioxide Aggregate (MTA) was developed in 1993. Many clinicians have been used MTA to perforation part, root-end filling, root canal filling, etc. Previously, amalgam, glassionomer cement, or super EBA cement were used to perforation part for healing of patient part. In this case report, the patient feels the pain after infected root canal treatment, because the patient tooth has perforation. Then, patient tooth was treated by laser irradiation or Ca(OH)₂ agent ; however, spontaneous pain did not disappear. The patient visited us for the treatment of the patient tooth. We checked the patient tooth, and MTA was applied to the perforation part, after obtaining the patient’s consent. The patient tooth healed, and the prognosis is good. It is suggested that MTA is good material for repair of a perforation of the pulp floor.