Primary molars with carious pulp exposure Direct Pulp Capping Partial pulpotomy Vital pulp therapy
Conditions
Interventions
When there was a pulp exposure, the cavity was rinsed with normal saline solution and pulp vitality was assessed based on its appearance, including a resilient texture, bright red colour, and bleeding
Experimental Procedure/Surgery,Experimental Procedure/Surgery
Direct pulp capping,Partial pulpotomy
Sponsors
Faculty of Dentistry, Chiang Mai University
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
All
Age
3 Years to 9 Years
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: 1) Patients aged between 3 and 9 years. 2) Patients and guardians are willing to attend and compliance to follow-up 3) Healthy patients (ASA class I and II) 4) Patients has at least one primary molar tooth with deep carious lesion 5) Tooth should be restorable with stainless steel crown 6) Tooth has no history of soft tissue swelling, fistula tract, and pathologic mobility 7) Exposure size not exceeding 2 mm. 8) Bleeding should be controlled within 4 minutes 9) Radiographically, radiolucency reaching inner one-third of dentin 10) Radiographically, absence of pathological internal or external root resorption and radiolucency at the periapical or furcation areas 11) Radiographically, absence of root canal obliteration or dentin bridge formation
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: 1) Patients with ASA class II and IV 2) Patients age below 3 years and more than 9 years 3) Patients and guardians are not willing to attend 4) Tooth can not be restorable with stainless steel crown 5) Tooth has history of soft tissue swelling, fistula tract, and pathologic mobility 6) Exposure size exceeding more than 2 mm. 7) Bleeding can not controlled within 4 minutes 8) Radiographically, radiolucency not reaching inner one-third of dentin 9) Radiographically, presence of pathological internal or external root resorption and radiolucency at the periapical or furcation areas 10) Radiographically, presence of root canal obliteration or dentin bridge formation
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| clinical and radiographic outcome of Direct Pulp Capping and Partial Pulpotomy approximately 6-month follow-up intervals up to 24 months. cumulative survival probability | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| clinical and radiographic outcome of Direct Pulp Capping and Partial Pulpotomy approximately 6-month follow-up intervals up to 24 months. success rate | — |
Countries
Thailand
Contacts
Public ContactNattakan Chaipattanawan
Faculty of Dentistry, Chiang Mai University
Outcome results
None listed