After 18 - 24 months , in terms of treatment failure , the odds ratio for calcium hydroxide vs. formocresol was 1.94 [ 95 % credible interval ( CI ) : 1.11 , 3.25 ] ; 3.38 ( 95 % CI : 1.37 , 8.61 ) for lasers vs. formocresol ; 2.16 ( 95 % CI : 1.12 , 4.31 ) for calcium hydroxide vs. ferric sulfate ; 3.73 ( 95 % CI : 1.27 , 11.67 ) for lasers vs. ferric sulfate ; 0.47 ( 95 % CI : 0.26 , 0.83 ) for MTA vs. calcium hydroxide ; 3.76 ( 95 % CI : 1.39 , 10.08 ) for lasers vs. MTA CONCLUSIONS After 18 - 24 months , formocresol , ferric sulfate , and MTA showed significantly better clinical and radiographic outcomes than calcium hydroxide and laser therapies in primary molar pulpotomies .
CLINICAL SIGNIFICANCE The network meta-analyses showed that MTA is the first choice for primary molar pulpotomies .
However , if treatment cost is an issue , especially when the treated primary molars are going to be replaced by permanent teeth , ferric sulfate may be the choice
OBJECTIVE Pulpotomy is a common procedure to treat asymptomatic reversible pulpitis in primary molars .
The aim of this study is to undertake a systematic review and a network meta- analysis to compare the clinical and radiographic outcomes of different pulpotomy procedures in primary molars .
Clinical and radiographic outcomes of calcium hydroxide and formocresol pulpotomies performed by dental students.
OBJECTIVE The aim of this study was to compare the clinical and radiographic success rates of 3 pulpotomy techniques : formocresol , calcium hydroxide , and calcium hydroxide/iodoform . STUDY DESIGN The pulpotomies were performed by fifth-year undergraduate dental students . Members of senior staff at the clinics supervised all of the procedures . Informed consent was obtained from each child 's parents . The teeth were r and omly assigned to the experimental ( calcium hydroxide and calcium hydroxide/iodoform ) or control ( formocresol ) groups . After coronal pulp removal and hemostasis , remaining pulp tissue was covered with calcium hydroxide or calcium hydroxide/iodoform paste in the experimental groups . In the control group , formocresol was placed with a cotton pellet over the pulp tissue for 5 minutes and removed ; the pulp tissue was then covered with zinc oxide-eugenol . All teeth were restored with stainless-steel crowns . Clinical and radiographic successes and failures were recorded at 1- , 3- , 6- , and 12-month follow-ups by the authors . Data were statistically analyzed using chi-squared tests . RESULTS The follow-up evaluations revealed that the clinical success rates were 89.7 % for formocresol , 33.3 % for calcium hydroxide , and 17.2 % for calcium hydroxide/iodoform . The radiographic success rates were 89.7 % for formocresol , 33.3 % for calcium hydroxide , and 13.8 % for calcium hydroxide/iodoform . CONCLUSIONS Formocresol was superior to calcium hydroxide and calcium hydroxide/iodoform pastes for primary molar pulpotomies . Internal resorption was the most common radiographic failure in all 3 pulpotomy techniques
After 18 - 24 months , in terms of treatment failure , the odds ratio for calcium hydroxide vs. formocresol was 1.94 [ 95 % credible interval ( CI ) : 1.11 , 3.25 ] ; 3.38 ( 95 % CI : 1.37 , 8.61 ) for lasers vs. formocresol ; 2.16 ( 95 % CI : 1.12 , 4.31 ) for calcium hydroxide vs. ferric sulfate ; 3.73 ( 95 % CI : 1.27 , 11.67 ) for lasers vs. ferric sulfate ; 0.47 ( 95 % CI : 0.26 , 0.83 ) for MTA vs. calcium hydroxide ; 3.76 ( 95 % CI : 1.39 , 10.08 ) for lasers vs. MTA CONCLUSIONS After 18 - 24 months , formocresol , ferric sulfate , and MTA showed significantly better clinical and radiographic outcomes than calcium hydroxide and laser therapies in primary molar pulpotomies .
CLINICAL SIGNIFICANCE The network meta-analyses showed that MTA is the first choice for primary molar pulpotomies .
However , if treatment cost is an issue , especially when the treated primary molars are going to be replaced by permanent teeth , ferric sulfate may be the choice
OBJECTIVE Pulpotomy is a common procedure to treat asymptomatic reversible pulpitis in primary molars .
The aim of this study is to undertake a systematic review and a network meta- analysis to compare the clinical and radiographic outcomes of different pulpotomy procedures in primary molars .