If the dentist chooses the corticosteroid/antibiotic paste, what makes its timing different from calcium hydroxide?
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A 15-year-old's closed-apex incisor was stored in cold milk for 50 minutes after 8 minutes dry time. The dentist replants successfully and now considers the endodontic protocol, debating between calcium hydroxide and a corticosteroid paste. If the dentist chooses the corticosteroid/antibiotic paste, what makes its timing different from calcium hydroxide?
- A. Both medicaments are placed at the same time — within 2 weeks at the RCT appointment
- B. Corticosteroid paste is placed immediately or shortly after replantation, while Ca(OH)2 goes in at the 2-week RCT
- C. Ca(OH)2 is placed immediately, while corticosteroid paste is delayed until radiographic resorption appears
- D. There is no timing difference — both are interchangeable protocols placed at the clinician's convenience
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IADT: Corticosteroid paste 'should be placed immediately or shortly after replantation and left in situ for at least 6 weeks.' Ca(OH)2 is 'recommended as an intracanal medicament for up to 1 month' — placed at the 2-week RCT. SOURCE — Fouad AF et al. IADT Avulsion Guidelines, Dent Traumatol 2020;36:331-342, Section 10
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