Radiological failure · Children with extensive decay involving the dental pulp in primary teeth
2 findings from 1 review
No radiological failure in any participant at 6 months; not estimable
1 study · 42 participants
Very low
RR 0.33 [0.04, 2.94]
1 study · 80 participants
GRADE not reported
Radiological failure · Children with extensive decay involving the dental pulp in primary teeth
Glutaraldehyde + calcium hydroxide (CH) showed no clear difference in radiological failure compared with glutaraldehyde + zinc oxide and eugenol (ZOE); GRADE not reported.
1 finding from 1 review
Clinical failure · Children with extensive decay involving the dental pulp in primary teeth
Glutaraldehyde + calcium hydroxide (CH) showed no clear difference in clinical failure compared with full strength formocresol (FC); GRADE not reported.
1 finding from 1 review
Radiological failure · Children with extensive decay involving the dental pulp in primary teeth
Glutaraldehyde + calcium hydroxide (CH) showed no clear difference in radiological failure compared with full strength formocresol (FC); GRADE not reported.
1 finding from 1 review
Clinical failure · Children with extensive decay involving the dental pulp in primary teeth
Glutaraldehyde + calcium hydroxide (CH) showed no clear difference in clinical failure compared with glutaraldehyde + zinc oxide and eugenol (ZOE); GRADE not reported.
1 finding from 1 review
Overall success (composite of clinical and radiographic success) · Adults aged 18 years or older with mature permanent teeth and carious pulp exposure
Partial pulpotomy with calcium hydroxide had a pooled success rate of 34.3%.
1 finding from 1 review
Radiological failure · Children with extensive decay involving the dental pulp in primary teeth
Calcium hydroxide/iodoform (CH/iodoform) led to higher radiological failure compared with full strength formocresol (FC); GRADE not reported.
1 finding from 1 review
Clinical failure · Children with extensive decay involving the dental pulp in primary teeth
Calcium hydroxide/iodoform (CH/iodoform) led to higher clinical failure compared with full strength formocresol (FC); GRADE not reported.
1 finding from 1 review
Radiological failure · Children with extensive decay involving the dental pulp in primary teeth
Sealapex (eugenol-free calcium hydroxide) showed no clear difference in radiological failure compared with zinc oxide and eugenol (ZOE); GRADE not reported.
1 finding from 1 review
Clinical failure · Children with extensive decay involving the dental pulp in primary teeth
Sealapex (eugenol-free calcium hydroxide) showed no clear difference in clinical failure compared with zinc oxide and eugenol (ZOE); GRADE not reported.
1 finding from 1 review
Clinical failure · Children with extensive decay involving the dental pulp in primary teeth
Electrofulguration + calcium hydroxide (CH) showed no clear difference in clinical failure compared with electrofulguration + zinc oxide and eugenol (ZOE); GRADE not reported.
1 finding from 1 review
Radiological failure · Children with extensive decay involving the dental pulp in primary teeth
Electrofulguration + calcium hydroxide (CH) showed no clear difference in radiological failure compared with electrofulguration + zinc oxide and eugenol (ZOE); GRADE not reported.
1 finding from 1 review
Radiological failure · Children with extensive decay involving the dental pulp in primary teeth
Low-level laser therapy (LLLT) + calcium hydroxide showed no clear difference in radiological failure compared with formocresol (FC); GRADE not reported.
1 finding from 1 review
Clinical failure · Children with extensive decay involving the dental pulp in primary teeth
1 finding from 1 review
Healing - 1 year · People requiring retreatment of periapical lesions (failed root canal therapy)
Calcium sulphate grafting of the periapical lesion showed no clear difference in healing - 1 year compared with no grafting (low certainty).
1 finding from 1 review
Overall success (composite of clinical and radiographic success) · Adults aged 18 years or older with mature permanent teeth and carious pulp exposure
Partial pulpotomy with MTA or Biodentine had a pooled success rate of 86.8%.
1 finding from 1 review
Postoperative pain (patient-reported) · Vital permanent teeth (mature or immature) with deep or extremely deep caries and asymptomatic pulp or reversible pulpitis, undergoing…
The effect of material choice (MTA vs CaOH) on postoperative pain is unclear: two small studies used different methods and reported contradictory results, so no meta-analysis was performed (ungraded).
1 finding from 1 review
Overall success (composite of clinical and radiographic success) · Vital permanent teeth (mature or immature) with deep or extremely deep caries and asymptomatic pulp or reversible pulpitis, undergoing…
Biodentine and calcium hydroxide did not differ significantly in clinical and radiographic success (OR 3.14, 95% CI 0.91 to 10.86; ungraded subgroup analysis).
1 finding from 1 review
Overall success (composite of clinical and radiographic success) · Vital permanent teeth (mature or immature) with deep or extremely deep caries and asymptomatic pulp or reversible pulpitis, undergoing…
Mineral trioxide aggregate shows higher odds of clinical and radiographic success than calcium hydroxide (OR 3.05, 95% CI 1.70 to 5.45; ungraded subgroup analysis).
1 finding from 1 review
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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