Overall success (composite of clinical and radiographic success) · Mature permanent (molar) teeth with deep caries and symptoms indicative of irreversible pulpitis (spontaneous pain)
Within two high-quality RCTs, partial and full pulpotomy achieved similar 1-year clinical/radiographic success for irreversible pulpitis (pooled 83% vs 90%), with no significant difference (high certainty).
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FP 90%, PP 83% (pooled unadjusted 1-year success; no significant difference; no meta-analysis)
2 studies · 135 participants
High
Overall success (composite of clinical and radiographic success) · Patients with carious pulp exposure in immature permanent teeth undergoing pulpotomy
The two trials of PRF versus MTA for success gave contradictory results and were not pooled (ungraded).
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Overall success (composite of clinical and radiographic success) · Patients with carious pulp exposure in permanent teeth undergoing pulpotomy
MTA and CEM performed comparably for clinical and radiographic success (2 RCTs, not pooled; ungraded).
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Overall success (composite of clinical and radiographic success) · Patients with carious pulp exposure in immature permanent teeth
In immature teeth, the effect of MTA versus calcium hydroxide on success is very uncertain (OR 2.22, 95% CI 0.13-36.67; very low certainty).
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Overall success (composite of clinical and radiographic success) · Patients with carious pulp exposure in permanent teeth undergoing direct pulp capping
For direct pulp capping, MTA probably achieves higher clinical and radiographic success than calcium hydroxide (OR 3.10, 95% CI 1.66-5.79; moderate certainty).
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Overall success (composite of clinical and radiographic success) · Patients with carious pulp exposure in permanent teeth of mixed/unspecified root maturation
In mixed-maturation teeth, the effect of MTA versus calcium hydroxide on success is very uncertain (OR 1.11, 95% CI 0.17-7.11; very low certainty).
1 finding from 1 review
Overall success (composite of clinical and radiographic success) · Patients with carious pulp exposure in permanent teeth undergoing pulpotomy
For pulpotomy, whether MTA improves success over calcium hydroxide is uncertain (OR 2.36, 95% CI 0.47-11.75; low certainty; CI includes no effect).
1 finding from 1 review
Overall success (composite of clinical and radiographic success) · Patients with carious pulp exposure in permanent teeth undergoing DPC or pulpotomy
Biodentine appeared to perform better than calcium hydroxide for success, but the evidence was not pooled (2 RCTs; ungraded).
1 finding from 1 review
Overall success (composite of clinical and radiographic success) · Patients with carious pulp exposure in mature permanent teeth
In mature teeth, MTA probably achieves higher clinical and radiographic success than calcium hydroxide (OR 3.34, 95% CI 1.81-6.17; moderate certainty).
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Overall success (composite of clinical and radiographic success) · Patients with carious pulp exposure in permanent teeth undergoing DPC or pulpotomy
MTA achieved higher clinical and radiographic success than calcium hydroxide overall (OR 2.94, 95% CI 1.96-4.49; low certainty), but this unadjusted estimate pools clinically heterogeneous DPC and pulpotomy studies.
1 finding from 1 review
Overall success (composite of clinical and radiographic success) · Patients with carious pulp exposure in permanent teeth undergoing DPC or pulpotomy
MTA and Biodentine performed comparably for clinical and radiographic success (5 RCTs, not pooled; ungraded).
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Intervention not reported
Overall success (composite of clinical and radiographic success)
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Overall success (composite of clinical and radiographic success) · Permanent teeth with carious pulp exposure
Hemostasis within 6 min gave the highest success (90.4%), but the difference across hemostasis-time groups was not significant (ungraded).
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Proportion 0.856
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Proportion 0.862
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Proportion 0.824 [0.746, 0.890]
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Proportion 0.909 [0.833, 0.965]
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Proportion 0.882
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Proportion 0.867 [0.820, 0.907]
25 studies · 2012 participants
Very low
Proportion 0.902
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Proportion 0.838 [0.759, 0.904]
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Proportion 0.872 [0.803, 0.929]
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Proportion 0.859
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Overall success (composite of clinical and radiographic success)
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Intervention not reported
Overall success (composite of clinical and radiographic success)
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Intervention not reported
Overall success (composite of clinical and radiographic success)
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Intervention not reported
Overall success (composite of clinical and radiographic success)
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Overall success (composite of clinical and radiographic success) · Permanent teeth with carious pulp exposure
Biodentine may increase pulpotomy success versus calcium hydroxide at marginal significance (ungraded).
1 finding from 1 review
OR 6.03 [0.97, 37.6]
2 studies
GRADE not reported
Overall success (composite of clinical and radiographic success) · Human permanent teeth with symptomatic irreversible pulpitis due to carious pulp exposure
Full pulpotomy showed a non-significant trend toward higher success than partial pulpotomy in mature teeth with irreversible pulpitis (ungraded).
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OR 2.16 [0.92, 5.07]
3 studies
GRADE not reported
Overall success (composite of clinical and radiographic success) · Permanent teeth with carious pulp exposure
In partial pulpotomy, MTA had significantly higher success than calcium hydroxide (OR 2.81; ungraded).
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OR 3.17 [1.25, 7.99]
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