Dentin Bridge Formation After Indirect Pulp Capping With Bioactive Glass Incorporated in Resin Composite and Its Adhesive in Comparison With Light Cured Calcium Hydroxide

Inclusion criteria

• Active carious lesion in deep dentin of molars.
• Absence of cavitated lesions at the buccal or lingual surfaces as determined by clinical and radiographic examination.
• Absence of clinical diagnosis of pulp exposure, fistula, swelling of periodontal tissues, and abnormal tooth mobility;
• Absence of clinical symptoms of irreversible pulpitis, such as spontaneous pain or sensitivity to pressure;
• The extension of the carious lesion should be such that complete caries removal would risk pulp exposure, as determined by clinical and radiographic assessment;
• Absence of radiolucencies at the interradicular or periapical regions, or thickening of the periodontal spaces, that would indicate the presence of irreversible pulp pathologies or necrosis;
• Absence of internal or external root resorption.
• Co-operative patients approving the trial.

Exclusion criteria

• Patients with systemic medical conditions
• pregnant females
• Teeth with spontaneous pain or sensitivity to percussion.
• Teeth with periodontal lesions, internal or external root resorption, mobility of tooth, sinus opening, or abscessed tooth.
• Radiographic examination revealed, interrupted or broken lamina dura, widened periodontal ligament space, periapical radiolucency.