Prospective Comparison of Indirect Pulp Therapy and Mineral Trioxide Aggregate Pulpotomy in Decayed Primary Molars

University of Michigan

Status: Completed

Conditions: Dental Pulp Capping

Treatments: Procedure: Pulpotomy; Procedure: Indirect pulp therapy

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT02620826

00077025

Details and patient eligibility

About

This prospective study compares the use of indirect pulp therapy and mineral trioxide aggregate pulpotomy for pulp therapy of the primary molar with dental caries approaching the pulp.

Enrollment: 110 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 2 to 12 years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion and exclusion criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

• Child with at least one primary molar with deep decay approaching the pulp.

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Non-Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Single Blind

---

110 participants in 2 patient groups

Indirect pulp therapy

Experimental group

Description:

Primary molars will be treated with indirect pulp therapy using resin-modified glass ionomer (Vitrebond Plus).

Treatment:

Procedure: Indirect pulp therapy

Pulpotomy

Active Comparator group

Description:

Primary molars treated with MTA pulpotomy.

Treatment:

Procedure: Pulpotomy