{"title":"The effectiveness of formocresol amputation in deciduous molars – a retrospective study","authors":"A. Kozubska, J. Szczepanska","doi":"10.25121/ns.2018.23.3.95","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"Introduction. The treatment of carious denudation of pulp and irreversible partial pulp inflammation is pulpotomy. In this method formocresol was used as the “gold standard”. Aim. Assessment of the effectiveness of the use of formocresol in pulpotomy in deciduous teeth. Material and methods. Formocresol amputation performed in 2010-2012 in children born in 2006-2007 were analysed. The consent of the Bioethical Committee at the Medical University of Łódź as well as written consent from all the subject/parents of all the subjects/legal guardians of all the subjects were obtained. Results. In this research, the amputation in 102 deciduous teeth, including 49 first and second upper molars, and 53 lower molars, performed on 64 children were analysed. In 102 amputation cases 78 were caused by carious denudation of pulp and 24 by irreversible partial pulp inflammation without visible denudation of pulp. 37 patients underwent pulpotomy in 1 tooth, 19 patients needed it in 2 teeth, 6 patients in 3 teeth, 1 patient in 4 teeth, and 1 patient in 5 molars. The pulpotomy was repeated because of the glass-ionomer lost in 19 cases. In total 63 teeth were extracted, including 25 at the right time and 38 too early. During the last oral examination held 2016/2017, 31 out of 102 teeth were still on place. The lack of 8 teeth without the presence of permanent successors was reported. The analysis of 102 cases showed the average of 2.5 years period of the teeth maintenance following the formocresol pulpotomy. Conclusions. Retrospective analysis of the use of formocresol in pulpotomy in deciduous teeth proved clinical success of this material, which provided the maintenance of the teeth with the pulpitis for 2 to 3 years after the amputation.","PeriodicalId":445226,"journal":{"name":"Nowa Stomatologia","volume":"4 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0000,"publicationDate":"2018-07-25","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Nowa Stomatologia","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.25121/ns.2018.23.3.95","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"","JCRName":"","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Introduction. The treatment of carious denudation of pulp and irreversible partial pulp inflammation is pulpotomy. In this method formocresol was used as the “gold standard”. Aim. Assessment of the effectiveness of the use of formocresol in pulpotomy in deciduous teeth. Material and methods. Formocresol amputation performed in 2010-2012 in children born in 2006-2007 were analysed. The consent of the Bioethical Committee at the Medical University of Łódź as well as written consent from all the subject/parents of all the subjects/legal guardians of all the subjects were obtained. Results. In this research, the amputation in 102 deciduous teeth, including 49 first and second upper molars, and 53 lower molars, performed on 64 children were analysed. In 102 amputation cases 78 were caused by carious denudation of pulp and 24 by irreversible partial pulp inflammation without visible denudation of pulp. 37 patients underwent pulpotomy in 1 tooth, 19 patients needed it in 2 teeth, 6 patients in 3 teeth, 1 patient in 4 teeth, and 1 patient in 5 molars. The pulpotomy was repeated because of the glass-ionomer lost in 19 cases. In total 63 teeth were extracted, including 25 at the right time and 38 too early. During the last oral examination held 2016/2017, 31 out of 102 teeth were still on place. The lack of 8 teeth without the presence of permanent successors was reported. The analysis of 102 cases showed the average of 2.5 years period of the teeth maintenance following the formocresol pulpotomy. Conclusions. Retrospective analysis of the use of formocresol in pulpotomy in deciduous teeth proved clinical success of this material, which provided the maintenance of the teeth with the pulpitis for 2 to 3 years after the amputation.