Table 3.

Evaluation criteria for the assessment of treatments (modified from Innes et al. [21])

Success	• satisfactory restoration/crown, no intervention required • no clinical signs or symptoms of pulp pathology • tooth exfoliated
Minor Failures	• secondary caries, or new lesions detected clinically • crown presents perforation • restoration fracture or wear - intervention required • loss of restoration - tooth that can be re-restored • crown loss - tooth able to be re-treated • reversible pulpitis, which could be treated without the need for extraction or pulpotomy
Major Failures	• irreversible pulpitis or dental fistula/abscess, requiring pulpotomy or extraction • loss of restoration/crown - tooth does not capable of being re-restored