Review Article

Minimal Intervention in Dentistry: A Literature Review on Biodentine as a Bioactive Pulp Capping Material

Table 1

Studies reporting the physicochemical and biological properties of Biodentine.

Material characteristicsAuthors

CompositionCamilleri et al. [41], Grech et al. [14], Camilleri et al. [13]
Setting timeAlhodiry et al. [23], Jang et al. [27], Kaup et al. [35], Dawood et al. [29], Butt et al. [28], Villat et al. [36], Lucas et al. [37]
RadiopacityKaup et al. [35], Tanalp et al. [38], Corral et al. [39], Grech et al. [14], Camilleri et al. [13], Lucas et al. [37]
SolubilityGandolfi et al. [42], Kaup et al. [35], Dawood et al. [29], Singh et al. [43], Abu Zeid et al. [44], Grech et al. [14], Al-Sherbiny et al. [22], Pushpa et al. [45]
Compressive strengthElnaghy [25], Natale et al. [26], Jang et al. [27], Butt et al. [28], Dawood et al. [29], Govindaraju et al. [30], Grech et al. [14], Kayahan et al. [31], Al-Sherbiny et al. [22]
Hardness and flexural strengthElnaghy [25], Alhodiry et al. [23], Grech et al. [14], Camilleri [46]
pHAl-Sherbiny et al. [22], Gandolfi et al. [42], Abu Zeid et al. [44], Talabani et al. [47], Lucas et al. [37]
Calcium ion releaseAl-Sherbiny et al. [22], Natale et al. [26], Li et al. [17], Dawood et al. [29], Gandolfi et al. [42], Camilleri et al. [48], Abu Zeid et al. [44], Talabani et al. [47]
MicroleakageRaskin and Dejou [49], Camilleri [46], Koubi et al. [50], Butt et al. [28], Bolhari et al. [51], Agrafioti et al. [52], El-Khodary et al. [53], Darsan et al. [54], Nowicka et al. [55]
Biocompatibility and bioactivityGomes-Cornélio et al. [19], Camilleri et al. [13], Talabani et al. [47], Kim et al. [56], Hasweh et al. [57], Araújo et al. [58], Athanasiadou et al. [59], Laurent et al. [60], Han and Okiji [61], Luo et al. [62], Al-Sherbiny et al. [22]
Antimicrobial activityPoggio et al. [63], Ceci et al. [64], Bhavana et al. [65], Hiremath et al. [66], Koruyucu et al. [67], Estrela et al. [68]