Naik 2005.

Methods	RCT, parallel‐arm Teeth randomly assigned Conducted in the Department of Pedodontics and Preventive Dentistry, Mangalore, India. Operators not mentioned
Participants	38 children, 50 teeth
Interventions	Group 1:Pulpotomy (formocresol); n = 25 (2 visits) Rubber dam not mentioned Caries removal prior to pulpal access Pulp access with high‐speed bur Pulpotomy amputation with excavator For haemostasis, dry cotton pellet No irrigation Cotton wool pellet soaked with FC placed on pulp stumps for 5 minutes after pulpotomy, followed by ZOE before being restored with stainless‐steel crown after 24 hours Group 2:Pulpotomy (MTA); n = 25 (2 visits) Rubber dam not mentioned Caries removal prior to pulpal access Pulp access with high‐speed bur Pulpotomy amputation with excavator For haemostasis, dry cotton pellet No irrigation MTA (3:1 powder:water ratio) applied after pulpotomy, followed by ZOE before being restored with stainless‐steel crown after 24 hours
Outcomes	Pain, mobility, swelling, sinus tract, internal root resorption, external root resorption (periapical or furcal radiolucency), root resorption in relation to contralateral tooth, pulp canal obliteration: evaluation at 1, 3 and 6 months (at tooth level)
Notes	3 teeth were not available for further follow‐up after 1 month Source of funding: not reported
Risk of bias
Bias	Authors' judgement	Support for judgement
Random sequence generation (selection bias)	Unclear risk	Insufficient information to make a clear judgement
Allocation concealment (selection bias)	Unclear risk	Insufficient information to make a clear judgement
Blinding of participants and personnel (performance bias) All outcomes	Unclear risk	Insufficient information to make a clear judgement
Blinding of clinical outcomes assessment	Unclear risk	Insufficient information to make a clear judgement
Blinding of radiological outcomes assessment	Unclear risk	Insufficient information to make a clear judgement
Incomplete outcome data (attrition bias) All outcomes	Low risk	Proportion of missing outcomes < 10% children randomly assigned
Selective reporting (reporting bias)	Unclear risk	Insufficient information to make a clear judgement