title: Consequences of endodontic treatment of primary teeth. Part II. A clinical investigation into the influence of formocresol pulpotomy on the permanent successor.
abstract: In the context of a study of the development of enamel lesions in permanent successors of primary molars treated by formocresol pulpotomy, a comparative clinical study was performed of 278 premolars divided equally between test side and control side. These teeth were assessed by two observers who, when finding enamel lesions, always differentiated between opacities and hypoplasias. The principal conclusions from this study are the following: The degree of agreement between the two observers was 96 percent. There was no significant difference in number of teeth with enamel lesions, between test side and control side. When the observed teeth with enamel lesions were related to the age at which pulpotomy was performed, the difference was still insignificant. Separate comparison of opacities and hypoplasias likewise showed no significant differences, even if related to age at which pulpotomy was performed. A formocresol pulpotomy exerts no influence on the size of enamel lesions found in permanent successors of the teeth on which pulpotomies were performed. The general conclusion from the results of this study is that formocresol pulpotomy is a successful technique for the treatment of primary teeth, not only as regards the life-span of these primary teeth (see Part I of the study) but also in terms of its effect on their permanent successors.
authors.forename: G R
authors.initials: GR
authors.lastname: Mulder
authors.forename: W E
authors.initials: WE
authors.lastname: van Amerongen
authors.forename: P A
authors.initials: PA
authors.lastname: Vingerling
mesh_terms: D000367:Age Factors; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003743:Dental Enamel / Q000002:abnormalities* / Q000473:pathology; D003744:Dental Enamel Hypoplasia / Q000209:etiology; D005260:Female; D005566:Formocresols / Q000009:adverse effects*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011672:Pulpotomy / Q000009:adverse effects*; D012390:Root Canal Therapy; D014094:Tooth, Deciduous
chemical_list: D005566:Formocresols; C031025:formocresol