Evaluation of the Efficacy of Erbium, Chromium-doped Yttrium, Scandium, Gallium, and Garnet Laser in Partial Pulpotomy in Permanent Immature Molars: A Randomized Controlled Trial

Efficacy and safety of mineral trioxide aggregate (MTA) pulpotomy for caries-exposed permanent teeth in children: a systematic review and meta-analysis

“…Pulp defense and auto-repair functions are the biological basis for damaged pulp repair and active pulp preservation (1)(2)(3). Due to caries, trauma, and other reasons, the tooth root can suffer from pulpitis, dental pulp necrosis, or periapical inflammation, resulting in the cessation of root development (4)(5)(6). Gutmann proposed the concept of minimally invasive endodontics (MIE), suggesting that pulpotomy could be performed for moderate pulpitis and pulpectomy for severe pulpitis (7).…”

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“…The use of different materials for this procedure showed no intergroup differences in survival rate, survival time, root length and dentin wall thickness [34] . Using laser + MTA had a success rate of 95.5% being similar to using MTA alone with 88.8% [35] . The success rates of the primary interventions for 99 teeth (72 patients) after a median follow-up of 22 months were as follows: cervical pulpotomy 90.4% and partial pulpotomy 85.2% [36] .…”

Deep dentine caries management of immature permanent posterior teeth with vital pulp: A systematic review and meta-analysis

“…The characteristics of the included studies are summarized in Table 3. From the 12 manuscripts included into the analysis, all were RCTs, of which 5 [17][18][19][20][21] had split mouth designs, and 7 were parallel group designs [1,[22][23][24][25][26][27]. No CCTs fitting the inclusion criteria were found.…”

“…All studies were conducted in either a University or Dental College setting. Seven studies had single operators for treatment [19][20][21][22]24,25,27], 1 had 2 operators [23], and 3 studies did not report on the number of operators [1,17,18,26]. Four studies were funded by University grants [19,22,25,26], 4 studies received no funding [19,22,25,26], 2 studies did not report funding sources [23], and 1 study had the MTA funded by a material company [20].…”

“…Regarding interventions, the majority of the papers evaluated pulpotomy (PP) (n = 7) [1,19,21,22,[24][25][26], 1 evaluated indirect pulp capping (IPC) [27], 7 direct pulp capping (DPC) [20,23], and 2 stepwise excavation papers belonging to the same study cohort [17,18]. The dental material appraised the most among studies was Mineral Trioxide Aggregate (MTA) (n = 10), used as a pulpotomy or a direct pulp capping medicament.…”