Clinical and Radiographic Assessment of Platelet Rich Fibrin and Mineral Trioxide Aggregate as Pulp Capping Biomaterials

Inclusion criteria

• Patient aged 15:40 years old.
• Patients exhibiting pulp exposure (carious, traumatic, or mechanical) during management of active carious lesions with less than 2 mm of carious exposure.
• Signs and symptoms indicative of pulp vitality, i.e. a positive response to thermal stimulation during a cold test.
• periapical radiograph showing closed apex and normal periapex

Exclusion criteria

• Teeth with spontaneous pain or sensitivity to percussion (signs of irreversible pulpitis).
• Teeth with periodontal lesions, internal or external root resorption, calcified canals, mobility of tooth, sinus opening, or abscessed tooth.
• Non restorable tooth.
• Radiographic examination revealed, interrupted or broken lamina dura, widened periodontal ligament space, periapical radiolucency.
• Pulp bleeding that could not be controlled within 10 minutes using 2.5% sodium hypochlorite
• Immune-compromised patients or with systemic medical disorders.
• pregnant females