Table 1.

Terms used for the search.

Term Description	Search term
#1 Terms related to pulpotomy	TS=(“complete coronal pulpotomy” OR “coronal pulpotomy” OR “dental Pulp exposure” OR “full coronal pulpotomy” OR “full pulpotomy” OR “partial pulpotomy” OR “partial removal of coronal pulp tissues” OR “permanent pulpotomy” OR “pulp exposure” OR “pulpotomies” OR “pulpotomy” OR “total coronal pulpotomy”)
#2 Terms related to used biomaterials	TS=(“bioactive medicaments” OR “biodentine” OR “calcium silicate” OR “calcium silicate cement” OR “calcium silicate materials” OR “calcium silicate-based materials” OR “capping materials” OR “calcium enriched mixture” OR “chlorhexidine” OR “ferric sulfate and ferric sulfate” OR “formocresol” OR “glass-ionomer cements” OR “calcium hydroxide” OR “calcium hydroxide paste” OR “calcium hydroxide cements” OR “dycal” OR “mineral trioxide aggregate cements” OR “mineral trioxide aggregate” OR “proroot mta” OR “mta angelus” OR “orthomta” OR “pulp capping materials” OR “retromta” OR “sodium hypochlorite” OR “tricalcium cement” OR “tricalcium silicate cements” OR “tricalcium silicates”)
#3 Terms related to conservative treatment of the pulp	TS=(“conservative pulp therapy” OR “preserving pulp vitality” OR “vital pulp therapy” OR “vital pulp treatment”)
#4 Terms related to direct pulp capping	TS=(“dental pulp cappin” OR “dentin bridge formation” OR “direct capping” OR “direct pulp capping” OR “pulp capping” OR “pulp capping therapies” OR “pulp-capping” OR “reparative dentin”)
Search key	TS=(#1 AND #2 AND #3 AND #4)