Histology of Newly-formed Dentin

Abstract

Presently available observations from these examinations of teeth treated by direct and indirect pulp capping suggest that the dentinal response to indirect pulp capping is mild, as evidenced by the numbers of cases with tubular dentin or no new dentin formed after treatment. Tt appears likely also that if the rate of new dentin formation is greater during the first three months following direct pulp capping, it does not remain so since there is some evidence that both treatments eventually result in about the same amount of new dentin.
The absence of a dentin bridge following direct pulp capping is of unknown significance in cases where clinical and histological examination reveal a normal pulp.