Success of electrofulguration pulpotomies covered by zinc oxide and eugenol or calcium hydroxide: a clinical study.

What Was Tested

Researchers studied Calcium Hydroxide in this randomized controlled trial publication.

Electrofulguration pulpotomies were completed on 47 primary molars in 38 patients, aged 3 years 1 month to 8 years 1 month.

In group 1, a zinc oxide and eugenol (ZOE) base was placed over the pulpal stumps and, in group 2, a calcium hydroxide (Ca(OH)2) base was placed.

Who Took Part

The abstract describes 38 patients taking part.

PubMed indexes the participants as young children and children, both men and women.

How the Study Was Run

The researchers set it up as a randomized study.

Random assignment meant chance, not the researchers, decided who got Calcium Hydroxide and who got the comparison, which limits bias.

Following electrofulguration, teeth were assigned randomly to one of two groups.

Teeth were evaluated clinically and radiographically after 1, 3, and 6 months by two independent examiners.

What Was Measured

Electrofulguration pulpotomies were completed on 47 primary molars in 38 patients, aged 3 years 1 month to 8 years 1 month.

PubMed files the paper under topics including Calcium Hydroxide, Chi-Square Distribution, Dental Pulp Capping, Electrocoagulation, Molar, Pulpotomy and Tooth, Deciduous.

What This Means in Plain Language

The paper is a randomized study of Calcium Hydroxide in 38 patients.

With fewer than 40 people, it is a small study, so it is better read as an early signal for further research than as a settled answer.

The publication is from 1997 (Pediatric dentistry), a journal based in United States.

More context: all human trials.