Selective Removal Technique With or Without a Bioactive Material for Deep Caries Lesions

Inclusion Criteria

• •Patients older than 15 years.
• •Parents or guardians of patients under 18 years of age, but over 15 years of age, and patients over 18 years of age who demonstrate understanding of the study and willingness to participate as evidenced by signing the voluntary informed consent and who receive a signed and dated copy of the informed consent form.
• •Occlusal or occlusal-proximal caries lesions, Class I or Class II, in molars or premolars with enamel margins and affecting maximum one proximal wall.
• •Molar or premolar with deep caries lesion, involving equal to or greater than two thirds of dentin in depth, with a radiographically identifiable band of healthy dentin separating the pulp chamber roof from the caries lesion.
• •Normal response to tests of sensitivity (normal pulp) or discomfort when cold stimulus is applied that disappears in a couple of seconds after the elimination of the stimulus (reversible pulpitits).
• •Teeth with negative percussion.