Stomatology ›› 2022, Vol. 42 ›› Issue (6): 534-539.doi: 10.13591/j.cnki.kqyx.2022.06.010

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Clinical effects of pulpotomy in the treatment of teeth with severe wear in the middle-aged and elderly

WANG Yunqin, CAI Yixin, ZHANG Min, LI Jin   

  1. Department of VIP Clinic, The Affiliated Stomatological Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Jiangsu Province Key Laboratory of Oral Diseases, Jiangsu Province Engineering Research Center of Stomatological Translational Medicine, Nanjing 210029, China
  • Revised:2022-03-04 Online:2022-06-28 Published:2022-07-21

Abstract: Objective To study the clinical effects of pulpotomy in the treatment of teeth with severe wear in the middle-aged and elderly. Methods Fifty-six teeth of 28 patients over 40 years old with pulpitis caused by severe wear were collected. 2 teeth of the same patient were randomly divided into control group and experimental group respectively. The teeth in the control group were treated with root canal therapy, and the teeth in the experimental group were treated with pulpotomy using MTA as pulp capping material. The clinical effects of the two groups were compared after 6 months. Results A total of 4 teeth failed in the control group with a success rate of 85.2%, while in the experimental group, 3 teeth failed, with a total success rate of 88.9%. There was no significant difference between the two groups (P>0.05). Conclusion Pulpotomy has a good short-term effect on teeth with severe wear in middle-aged and elderly patients, and there is no significant difference in the success rate between pulpotomy and root canal therapy. Strict control of indications is the key to successful treatment.

Key words: severe wear, pulpotomy, vital pulp therapy

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