[Studies on the influence of composite resin filling material (Command Ultra fine) on the dental pulp]

Studies on the influence of composite resin filling material on the dental pulp of human 1st premolar are reported in this thesis. An other experiment was carried out on rabbit with the left 1st molar in their lower jaw as subject and the right 1st molar in the lower jaw as a control. In both experiments with human and rabbit, routine operations were performed to prepare the cavities and filled with composite resin material. The human teeth were extracted 21 days afterwards and the rabbit teeth were extracted 7 days afterwards. Edema was found in the dental pulp of both human and rabbit teeth by pathologic examination and was accompanied by hemangiectasis and lymphaniectasis. There was also vacuolar degeneration in the odontoblasts. Some of these cells were reticulated and the of number of odontoblasts was fewer than in the control. Hemangiectasis was even more serious in the rabbit's teeth than those of human.