Pulpectomy or Pulpotomy in the treatment of primary teeth: Review

Authors

  • Jose Eduardo Orellana Centeno Universidad de la Sierra Sur, México
  • Roxana Nayeli Guerrero Sotelo Universidad de la Sierra Sur, México

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.14482/sun.39.01.613.007

Keywords:

pulpotomy, pulpectomy, dental pulp, treatment, odontology, pediatric dentistry

Abstract

Objective: Identify pulp therapies in patients with vital caries in primary teeth according to the evidence in the literature. Methodology: Bibliographic integrative review in the scientific literature, in the carried out on the basis of data: PUBMED, MEDLINE, BVS, BBO Odontologia, IBECS and Web of Science. The selected descriptors were (pulpotomy) and (pulpectomy) were found, selected by title and abstract. Results:  After a careful reading, only 23 articles met the inclusion criteria that it was a clinical trial, longitudinal study (quasi-experimental or cohort), duplicate articles were not excluded and 13 that had no direct relationship with the topic. The final sample totaled 10 articles for the integrative review. The evidence is limited by the number of studies that met the criteria. Conclusions: Pulpotomy and pulpectomy have a similar behavior in clinical-radiographic failure results; pulpotomy shows a tendency to be the terapy with the best results, although statistically speaking there are no differences between both treatments.

Author Biographies

Jose Eduardo Orellana Centeno, Universidad de la Sierra Sur, México

Magíster en Salud Pública, doctorado en Educación, Universidad abierta de san Luis Potosí. Profesor investigador tiempo completo de la Universidad de la Sierra Sur, Instituto de Investigación sobre Salud Pública. Licenciatura en Odontología. Estudiante de la especialidad en bioética, Unidad Académica de Filosofía de la Universidad Autónoma de Zacatecas. Orcid: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9518-7319.
orellana17@msn.com

Roxana Nayeli Guerrero Sotelo, Universidad de la Sierra Sur, México

Magíster en Derecho, doctorado en Ciencias Sociales. Profesora investigadora tiempo completo de la Universidad de la Sierra Sur, Instituto de investigación sobre la Salud Pública. Licenciatura en Enfermería. Orcid: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4503-7478. roxanaguerrerosotelo@yahoo.com.mx

Published

2023-06-15

How to Cite

Orellana Centeno, J. E., & Guerrero Sotelo, R. N. . (2023). Pulpectomy or Pulpotomy in the treatment of primary teeth: Review. Salud Uninorte, 39(1). https://doi.org/10.14482/sun.39.01.613.007

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Section

Revisión Sistemática

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