Ozmen 2017.
Methods | RCT, parallel arm Teeth randomly assigned Conducted at the Department of Pediatric Dentistry, Turkey. Operator was an investigator |
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Participants | 26 children, 45 teeth, age range 6 to 9 years, mean age: 7.36 ± 0.96 years | |
Interventions |
Group 1:Pulpotomy (FC); n = 15 (1 visit)
Group 2:Pulpotomy (FS); n = 15 (1 visit)
Group 3:Pulpotomy (Ankaferd Blood Stopper); n = 15 (1 visit)
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Outcomes | Clinical failure (spontaneous or severe pain, pathological mobility, swelling or sinus tract, tenderness to percussion or palpation), radiological failure (furcal or periapical radiolucency, didened periodontal ligament spaces, internal or external root resorption, loss of lamina dura), pulp canal obliteration: evaluation every 3 or 6 months (up to 24 months). | |
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Risk of bias | ||
Bias | Authors' judgement | Support for judgement |
Random sequence generation (selection bias) | Low risk | Coin tossing |
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 |