Overview

Comparison of The Success Rates of Four Different Pulpotomy Techniques

Status:
Completed
Trial end date:
2016-02-15
Target enrollment:
0
Participant gender:
All
Summary
This randomized clinical trial was conducted to examine and compare the effectiveness of pulpotomy in primary molars treated with calcium silicate based materials including Biodentine and two different mineral trioxide aggregate (MTA) products (white ProRoot® MTA and MTA Plus®). Ferric sulfate pulpotomy was selected to represent the control group. 116 primary molars in 29 children were treated by pulpotomy and followed for a period of 24 months.
Phase:
Phase 3
Accepts Healthy Volunteers?
No
Details
Lead Sponsor:
Istanbul University
Treatments:
Ferric Compounds
Criteria
Inclusion Criteria:

- Patients were eligible if they were 5 to 7 years old, healthy and cooperative, and had
at least four carious primary molars, each of which was in a different quadrant and
required a pulpotomy. The criteria for the selection of the teeth to be included in
the study were presence of deep caries, presence of at least two-thirds of the root
length radiographically and being restorable.

Exclusion Criteria:

- The exclusion criteria were the presence of any clinical or radiographic evidence of
pulp degeneration (spontaneous or nocturnal tooth pain, tenderness to percussion,
pathological mobility, internal or external root resorption, swelling or fistula,
widened periodontal ligament (PDL) space, furcal or periapical radiolucency and teeth
requiring more than 5 minutes to achieve hemostasis during clinical procedure. Teeth
without permanent successor were not also included in the study.