Vital permanent teeth with cariously exposed pulp can be treated successfully with vital pulp therapy .
INTRODUCTION This systematic review aims to illustrate the outcome of vital pulp therapy , namely  direct pulp capping , partial pulpotomy , and full pulpotomy  , in vital permanent teeth with cariously exposed pulp .
Reparative hard tissue formation following calcium hydroxide application after partial pulpotomy in cariously exposed pulps of permanent teeth.
In a prospect i ve study , partial pulpotomy was performed on six permanent molars with deep carious lesions and pulpal involvement . The bleeding pulp was irrigated with normal tap water until bleeding had stopped and the exposed pulp was covered with calcium hydroxide followed by zinc oxide eugenol , and finally covered with a semipermanent restoration . All teeth showed hard tissue barrier formation , both clinical ly and radiographically , within three months and were free from subjective and objective symptoms through the observation period ( average observation period was 26 months ) . The patients also experienced the therapy positively . These findings and those of others have helped gain more recognition for partial pulpotomy as a strong possible alternative therapy when pulps are exposed by deep carious lesions and a bleeding pulp is exposed during the excavation process . The rationale for this therapy is to remove the infected and /or inflamed pulpal areas beneath the carious lesion and disintegrated tissue . A rapid and simplified procedure would allow the general practitioner to perform this procedure when necessary at dental clinics , without specialist facilities under conditions that avoid unnecessary contamination of the pulp
Vital permanent teeth with cariously exposed pulp can be treated successfully with vital pulp therapy .
INTRODUCTION This systematic review aims to illustrate the outcome of vital pulp therapy , namely  direct pulp capping , partial pulpotomy , and full pulpotomy  , in vital permanent teeth with cariously exposed pulp .