Table 3.
Clinical studies with mixed/unspecified pulpal diagnoses and treatments
| Study | No of teeth | Treatment | Follow‐up | Outcomes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Observational studies (n = 9) | ||||
| Abou‐Rass (1983) | 120 | Crowns with/without endodontic treatment | Not specified, up to 9 years | 86% tooth survival |
| Brynjulfsen et al. (2002) | 46 | Direct or indirect cuspal coverage (50%), endodontic treatment (about 50%), extraction (less than 5%) | 2 years | About 95% tooth survival, 90% symptom free |
| Cameron (1976) | 102 | Crowns (50%), onlays (25%), endodontic treatment or extraction (25%) | Not specified, up to 10 years | All initially vital teeth (75%) remained vital, all endodontically treated teeth were preserved |
| Ferracane et al. (2022) | 2858 | Monitoring (64%), crowns (22%), direct or indirect partial restorations (13%), endodontic treatment (less than 1%), splints or desensitizing (less than 0,01%) | 3 years | Tooth survival over 98%; 80% of teeth initially recommended for monitoring progressed with a monitoring recommendation |
| Hilton et al. (2020a) | 1850 | Monitoring | 1 year | 23% of teeth experienced a decrease in baseline symptoms, 10% an increase |
| Hilton et al. (2020b) | 2858 | Same as Ferracane et al. (2022) | Not specified | Not specified, preliminary report of Hilton et al. (2020a) and Ferracane et al. (2022) |
| Lee et al. (2021b) | 68 (2009 cohort), 184 (2019 cohort) | Provisional crown + definitive crown (131 teeth), provisional crown + endodontic treatment before (104) or after (17) definitive crown | 11 years (2009 cohort), 1 year (2019 cohort) | Tooth survival of 95% (2009 cohort) and 100% (2019 cohort) |
| Liao et al. (2022) | 77 | Monitoring (27%), Direct composite (1.3%), endodontic treatment + crown (23%), provisional crown + definitive crown without (10%) or with (7%) endodontic treatment, orthodontic band + crown without (2.6%) or with (18%) endodontic treatment, extraction (9%) | 2 years | 62.8% overall tooth survival (recall rate was 45%), 81% for monitoring or direct composite, 76% with crowns |
| Roh and Lee (2006) | 154 | Crowns without (42%) or with (43%) endodontic treatment, direct composite (2%), extraction (13%) | Not specified, up to 1 year | 87% tooth survival, 44% pulp survival |