Table 2.

Systematic/umbrella reviews on pulpotomy in mature permanent teeth (2016-2021)

Study design	Authors/year	Population	Intervention	Studies included	Conclusions
SR and MA	Alqaderi et al.712016	Vital mature posterior teeth with carious pulp exposure	FP	6	FP has favourable success rates in treating carious pulp exposure of vital mature permanent teeth
SR and MA	Li et al.742019	Cariously exposed vital mature posterior teeth including those with IP	FP	21 for SR and 5 for MA	FP is a prospective substitute for RCTx in managing permanent teeth with carious pulp exposures, even with IP
SR	Cushley et al.722019	Mature posterior teeth with symptomatic IP	FP	8	High success for FP in treating teeth with IP
SR and MA	Elmsmari et al.762019	Vital mature posterior teeth with carious pulp exposure	PP	11	PP has high success rates in treating cariously exposed permanent posterior teeth up to two years
SR	Santos et al.752021	Mature posterior teeth with symptomatic IP	FP and PP	12	FP and PP performed with CSCs had favourable outcomes in mature posterior teeth diagnosed with IP
UR	Leong and Yap732021	Vital mature posterior teeth with carious pulp exposure	DPC, PP, FP	6	PP and FP had higher and more predictable success rates than DPC and could be considered as an alternative to RCTx
Key: SR = systematic review MA = meta-analysis UR = umbrella review IP = irreversible pulpitis FP = full pulpotomy PP = partial pulpotomy DPC = direct pulp capping RCTx = root canal treatment CSC = calcium silicate cements