Biological aspects in the process of repair in expectant treatment

Abstract

The expectant treatment is a form of conservative treatment of the pulp that looks for to avoid the pulpal exposure, still offering to the tooth repair conditions in a reversible phase , and to promote the remineralization of the affected dentine, being guided for that in biological knowledge on carious process , nature and characteristics of the different caries lesions and the answers of the dental tissue to this destructive process. This is a practical and safe therapy that can be indicated in the modern restorative dentistry. The purpose of this paper is to accomplish a literature review on clinical and biological important aspects, involved in the tooth process repair submitted to the expectant treatment and supplying scientific subsidies for its safe indication.