Oral Health dental caries
Conditions
Interventions
Sponsors
Cairo University
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
All
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: 1.Young cooperative patients with no history of systemic disease. 2.Age range 4-5 years. 3.Patients having decayed vital second primary molars indicated for pulpotomy. 4.No clinical symptoms or evidence of pulp degeneration, such as spontaneous pain, pain on percussion, history of swelling, sinus tracts or pathological mobility. 5. Tooth is restorable. 6. Tooth with at least two-third of intact root length. 7. Tooth showing no radiographic signs of pulpal or interradicular involvement ranging from slight thinning of the trabeculae to furcal and/or periapical radiolucency.
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: 1.Patients with systemic diseases. 2. Patients who cannot attend follow up. 3.Tooth with preshedding and abnormal pathologic mobility. 4.Tooth with internal/external root resorption involving permanent tooth follicle. 5. Tooth showing perforation of pulpal floor.
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Postoperative pain | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Occurrence of radiolucent lesions at furcation or periapical region | — |
Countries
Egypt
Contacts
Public ContactRanda Youssef Abd Elgawas
Assoc Prof Pediatric Dentistry and Dental Public Health, Faculty Oral and Dental Med, Cairo Univ
Outcome results
None listed