Table 2.
Baseline characteristics of the collected deciduous dental pulps (N = 161).
| Total (N = 161) | Successful isolation of MSCs (N = 128) |
Unsuccessful isolation of MSCs (N = 33) |
P | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age, year | 8.590 ± 2.782 | 8.631 ± 2.885 | 8.431 ± 2.373 | 0.715 |
| Male, n (%) | 115 (71.4) | 945 (74.2) | 20 (60.6) | 0.123 |
| Interval between extraction to culture, day | 1.652 ± 3.469 | 1.914 ± 3.845 | 0.636 ± 0.381 | 0.059 |
| Types of teeth | 0.219 | |||
| Incisor, n (%) | 31 (19.3) | 26 (20.3) | 5 (15.2) | |
| Canine, n (%) | 21 (13.0) | 16 (12.5) | 5 (15.2) | |
| Molar, n (%) | 61 (37.9) | 44 (34.4) | 17 (51.5) | |
| Supernumerary, n (%) | 48 (29.8) | 42 (32.8) | 6 (18.2) | |
| Severity of dental caries | <0.001∗∗∗ | |||
| No, n (%) | 86 (53.4) | 81 (63.3) | 5 (12.5) | |
| Mild-to-moderate, n (%) | 45 (28.0) | 31 (24.2) | 14 (42.4) | |
| Severe, n (%) | 30 (18.6) | 16 (12.5) | 14 (42.4) | |
| Pulpitis | <0.001∗∗∗ | |||
| No, n (%) | 139 (86.3) | 122 (95.3) | 17 (51.5) | |
| Yes, n (%) | 22 (13.7) | 6 (4.7) | 16 (48.5) |
Note: MSC mesenchymal-like stem cells. ∗∗∗P < 0.001.