Journal of Clinical Medicine Review Different Pulp Dressing Materials for the Pulpotomy of Primary Teeth: A Systematic Review of the Literature 1, 2, 2, 1 Maurizio Bossù y, Flavia Iaculli y, Gianni Di Giorgio *, Alessandro Salucci , Antonella Polimeni 1 and Stefano Di Carlo 1 1 Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Science, “Sapienza” University of Rome, 00185 Rome, Italy;
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[email protected]; Tel.: +39-349-547-7903 These Authors contributed equally to this work. y Received: 27 January 2020; Accepted: 16 March 2020; Published: 19 March 2020 Abstract: Background: Pulpotomy of primary teeth provides favorable clinical results over time; however, to date, there is still not a consensus on an ideal pulp dressing material. Therefore, the aim of the present systematic review was to compare pulpotomy agents to establish a preferred material to use. Methods: After raising a PICO question, the PRISMA guideline was adopted to carry out an electronic search through the MEDLINE database to identify comparative studies on several pulp dressing agents, published up to October 2019. Results: The search resulted in 4274 records; after exclusion, a total of 41 papers were included in the present review. Mineral trioxide aggregate (MTA), Biodentine and ferric sulphate yielded good clinical results over time and might be safely used in the pulpotomies of primary molars.