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. 2018 May 31;2018(5):CD003220. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD003220.pub3

Ozmen 2017.

Methods RCT, parallel arm
Teeth randomly assigned
Conducted at the Department of Pediatric Dentistry, Turkey. Operator was an investigator
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)
  • Rubber dam

  • Caries removal prior to pulpal access

  • Pulp access with a high speed bur

  • Pulpotomy amputation with slow speed bur and excavator

  • For haemostasis, moist cotton pellets

  • Irrigation with saline

  • A cotton pellet moistened with 1:5 strength FC was placed on the pulp stumps for 5 min, followed by ZOE before being restored with amalgam or stainless steel crown


Group 2:Pulpotomy (FS); n = 15 (1 visit)
  • Rubber dam

  • Caries removal prior to pulpal access

  • Pulp access with a high speed bur

  • Pulpotomy amputation with slow speed bur and excavator

  • For haemostasis, moist cotton pellets

  • Irrigation with saline

  • A cotton pellet moistened with 15.5% FS solution was placed on pulp stumps for 15 sec. Pulp chamber was dried with sterile cotton pellets, followed by ZOE before being restored with amalgam or stainless steel crown


Group 3:Pulpotomy (Ankaferd Blood Stopper); n = 15 (1 visit)
  • Rubber dam

  • Caries removal prior to pulpal access

  • Pulp access with a high speed bur

  • Pulpotomy amputation with slow speed bur and excavator

  • For haemostasis, moist cotton pellets

  • Irrigation with saline

  • A cotton pellet moistened with ABS solution was placed on the pulp stumps for 15 sec. Pulp chamber was dried with sterile cotton pellets, followed by ZOE before being restored with amalgam or stainless steel crown

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).
Notes  
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