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- Mineral trioxide aggregate (MTA) pulpotomy dressing vs Calcium hydroxide (CH) · Clinical and radiographic success
  Materials for pulpotomy in immature permanent teeth: a systematic review and meta-analysis. 2019 All outcomes
  6 months · Pediatric dental clinics/hospitals (Egypt and Turkey)
  RR 1.00 [0.94, 1.06]
  2 studies · 109 participants
  GRADE not reported
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- Mineral trioxide aggregate (MTA) pulpotomy dressing vs Calcium-enriched mixture (CEM) cement · Clinical and radiographic success
  Materials for pulpotomy in immature permanent teeth: a systematic review and meta-analysis. 2019 All outcomes
  6 and 12 months · Pediatric dental clinic (Iran)
  Single RCT (Nosrat 2012, 118 roots): 100% clinical and radiographic success in both MTA and CEM at 6 and 12 months (MTA 53/53 then 54/54 roots; CEM 55/55 then 57/57 roots); no statistical difference between groups at…
  1 study · 118 participants
  GRADE not reported
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- Mineral trioxide aggregate (MTA) pulpotomy dressing vs Platelet-rich fibrin (PRF) · Clinical and radiographic success
  Materials for pulpotomy in immature permanent teeth: a systematic review and meta-analysis. 2019 All outcomes
  6, 12 and 24 months · Pediatric dental clinic (India)
  Single RCT (Keswani 2014, 62 teeth): 100% clinical and radiographic success in both MTA and PRF at 6, 12 and 24 months (MTA 29/29, 27/27, 26/26; PRF 30/30, 29/29, 27/27); no difference between groups; not pooled
  1 study · 62 participants
  GRADE not reported
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- Mineral trioxide aggregate (MTA) pulpotomy dressing vs Triple antibiotic paste (TAP) · Clinical and radiographic success
  Materials for pulpotomy in immature permanent teeth: a systematic review and meta-analysis. 2019 All outcomes
  1 to 24 months · Pediatric dental clinic (India)
  Single RCT (Eppa 2018, 3-arm; 20 MTA and 20 TAP teeth): 100% clinical and radiographic success in both MTA and TAP at all follow-ups (1-24 months); no difference between groups; not pooled
  1 study · 40 participants
  GRADE not reported
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- Mineral trioxide aggregate (MTA) pulpotomy dressing vs Abscess remedy (AR) · Clinical and radiographic success
  Materials for pulpotomy in immature permanent teeth: a systematic review and meta-analysis. 2019 All outcomes
  3 to 24 months · Pediatric dental clinic (India)
  Single RCT (Eppa 2018, 3-arm; 20 MTA and 20 AR teeth): MTA 100% (20/20) vs abscess remedy 80% (16/20) clinical and radiographic success; the 4 abscess-remedy failures occurred at 3 months; difference statistically…
  1 study · 40 participants
  GRADE not reported

Mineral trioxide aggregate (MTA) pulpotomy dressing vs Platelet-rich fibrin (PRF)

Overall success (composite of clinical and radiographic success) · Immature (young) permanent teeth with open apex and vital pulp exposed to dental caries or trauma, in children aged 6-14 years

A single RCT found no difference in pulpotomy success between MTA and platelet-rich fibrin (both 100% through 24 months; not pooled; ungraded).

1 finding from 1 review

Materials for pulpotomy in immature permanent teeth: a systematic review and meta-analysis. 2019 All outcomes
6, 12 and 24 months · Pediatric dental clinic (India)
Single RCT (Keswani 2014, 62 teeth): 100% clinical and radiographic success in both MTA and PRF at 6, 12 and 24 months (MTA 29/29, 27/27, 26/26; PRF 30/30, 29/29, 27/27); no difference between groups; not pooled
1 study · 62 participants
GRADE not reported

Mineral trioxide aggregate (MTA) pulpotomy dressing vs Calcium hydroxide (CH)

Overall success (composite of clinical and radiographic success) · Immature (young) permanent teeth with open apex and vital pulp exposed to dental caries or trauma, in children aged 6-14 years

MTA and calcium hydroxide had similar clinical and radiographic pulpotomy success at 6 months (RR 1.00, 95% CI 0.94 to 1.06; 2 RCTs; ungraded).

2 findings from 1 review

Materials for pulpotomy in immature permanent teeth: a systematic review and meta-analysis. 2019 All outcomes
6 months · Pediatric dental clinics/hospitals (Egypt and Turkey)
RR 1.00 [0.94, 1.06]
2 studies · 109 participants
GRADE not reported
Materials for pulpotomy in immature permanent teeth: a systematic review and meta-analysis. 2019 All outcomes
12 months · Pediatric dental clinics/hospitals (Egypt and Turkey)
RR 1.04 [0.96, 1.13]
2 studies · 109 participants
GRADE not reported

Mineral trioxide aggregate (MTA) pulpotomy dressing vs Calcium-enriched mixture (CEM)

Overall success (composite of clinical and radiographic success) · Immature (young) permanent teeth with open apex and vital pulp exposed to dental caries or trauma, in children aged 6-14 years

A single RCT found no difference in pulpotomy success between MTA and calcium-enriched mixture (both 100% at 6 and 12 months; not pooled; ungraded).

1 finding from 1 review

Materials for pulpotomy in immature permanent teeth: a systematic review and meta-analysis. 2019 All outcomes
6 and 12 months · Pediatric dental clinic (Iran)
Single RCT (Nosrat 2012, 118 roots): 100% clinical and radiographic success in both MTA and CEM at 6 and 12 months (MTA 53/53 then 54/54 roots; CEM 55/55 then 57/57 roots); no statistical difference between groups at…
1 study · 118 participants
GRADE not reported

Mineral trioxide aggregate (MTA) pulpotomy dressing vs Abscess remedy (AR)

Overall success (composite of clinical and radiographic success) · Immature (young) permanent teeth with open apex and vital pulp exposed to dental caries or trauma, in children aged 6-14 years

A single RCT found higher pulpotomy success with MTA than abscess remedy (100% vs 80%; statistically significant, P<0.05; not pooled; ungraded).

1 finding from 1 review

Materials for pulpotomy in immature permanent teeth: a systematic review and meta-analysis. 2019 All outcomes
3 to 24 months · Pediatric dental clinic (India)
Single RCT (Eppa 2018, 3-arm; 20 MTA and 20 AR teeth): MTA 100% (20/20) vs abscess remedy 80% (16/20) clinical and radiographic success; the 4 abscess-remedy failures occurred at 3 months; difference statistically…
1 study · 40 participants
GRADE not reported

Mineral trioxide aggregate (MTA) pulpotomy dressing vs Triple antibiotic paste (TAP)

Overall success (composite of clinical and radiographic success) · Immature (young) permanent teeth with open apex and vital pulp exposed to dental caries or trauma, in children aged 6-14 years

A single 3-arm RCT found no difference in pulpotomy success between MTA and triple antibiotic paste (both 100%; not pooled; ungraded).

1 finding from 1 review

Materials for pulpotomy in immature permanent teeth: a systematic review and meta-analysis. 2019 All outcomes
1 to 24 months · Pediatric dental clinic (India)
Single RCT (Eppa 2018, 3-arm; 20 MTA and 20 TAP teeth): 100% clinical and radiographic success in both MTA and TAP at all follow-ups (1-24 months); no difference between groups; not pooled
1 study · 40 participants
GRADE not reported