What do systematic reviews say?

Calcium hydroxide + sodium hypochlorite (NaOCl) vs Calcium hydroxide (CH)

Calcium hydroxide + sodium hypochlorite (NaOCl) showed no clear difference in clinical failure compared with calcium hydroxide (CH); GRADE not reported.

• Pulp treatment for extensive decay in primary teeth 2018 · Cochrane All outcomes

  12 months
  RR 0.33 [0.01, 7.88]
  1 study · 62 participants
  GRADE not reported

Mineral trioxide aggregate (MTA) + sodium hypochlorite (NaOCl) vs Calcium hydroxide + sodium hypochlorite (NaOCl)

• Pulp treatment for extensive decay in primary teeth 2018 · Cochrane All outcomes

  6 and 12 months
  No clinical failure in any participant (Akcay 2014); not estimable
  1 study · 62 participants
  GRADE not reported

Calcium hydroxide (CH) vs Mineral trioxide aggregate (MTA) + sodium hypochlorite (NaOCl)

Calcium hydroxide (CH) showed no clear difference in clinical failure compared with mineral trioxide aggregate (MTA) + sodium hypochlorite (NaOCl); GRADE not reported.

• Pulp treatment for extensive decay in primary teeth 2018 · Cochrane All outcomes

  12 months
  RR 3.00 [0.13, 70.92]
  1 study · 62 participants
  GRADE not reported

Mineral trioxide aggregate (MTA) vs Calcium hydroxide + sodium hypochlorite (NaOCl)

• Pulp treatment for extensive decay in primary teeth 2018 · Cochrane All outcomes

  6 and 12 months
  No clinical failure in any participant (Akcay 2014); not estimable
  1 study · 62 participants
  GRADE not reported