Abstract:
Introduction. Dental caries is the most widespread dental disease worldwide; it affects population of different ages. If
not treated promptly or addressed improperly, dental caries progresses in a deep cavity, with potential signs of pulp inflammation. The minimal invasive principles of treatment of deep carious lesions provide guidelines for the preservation
of the dental pulp, techniques known as vital pulp therapies. Among these techniques, indirect pulp capping is a method
that has shown high clinical rates of success over time, if performed properly. The applied bioactive dental material plays
an important role. The aim of this clinical case report is to describe a clinical case of single-visit indirect pulp capping with
Biodentine, along with the algorithm of diagnosis of the pulp health status and treatment used in deep caries lesion in a
permanent tooth.
Materials and methods. Description of a clinical case of a permanent upper molar with a deep carious lesion, treated by
single-visit indirect pulp capping with Biodentine. Clinical and radiological methods of investigations were used; the patient was assessed after 3 and 6 months after the applied treatment.
Results. The main complaint of sensitivity to sweet stimuli presented by the patient attenuated shortly after receiving the
treatment. After 3 and 6 months, the tooth is asymptomatic; the clinical and radiological findings show no evidence of pulp
inflammation.
Conclusions. Biodentine showed successful results when used as a bioactive dental material for indirect pulp capping.
