title: A retrospective study of a modified 1-minute formocresol pulpotomy technique part 2: effect on exfoliation times and successors.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  The purposes of this study were to evaluate the: effect of a 1-minute application of full-strength Buckley's formocresol with concur- rent hemostasis using the medicated cotton pledget in human primary teeth on their successors; and exfoliation times compared to the contralateral nonpulpotomized tooth.
  
  
  METHODS
  Using a retrospective chart review, clinical and radiographic data were available for 557 primary molars in 320 patients.
  
  
  RESULTS
  There was no difference between treated and control teeth in the number of enamel defects of succedaneous teeth (P<.45). Approximately 66% exfoliated at the same time as their contralateral counterpart and approximately 29% exfoliated earlier (P<.001).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  This 1-minute technique showed a tendency toward early exfoliation, but no effect on clinical management, and no increase in incidence of defects on succedaneous teeth was observed. The 1-minute full-strength formocresol technique may be considered an acceptable alternative to the 5-minute formocresol pulpotomy.
authors.affiliation: kurjiz@gmail.com
authors.forename: Zahra A
authors.initials: ZA
authors.lastname: Kurji
authors.forename: Michael J
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: Sigal
authors.forename: Paul
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Andrews
authors.forename: Keith
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Titley
mesh_terms: D001641:Bicuspid / Q000187:drug effects; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003743:Dental Enamel / Q000187:drug effects; D003744:Dental Enamel Hypoplasia / Q000145:classification; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D005566:Formocresols / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D006489:Hemostatic Techniques; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D008963:Molar / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000187:drug effects*; D057872:Pulp Capping and Pulpectomy Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D011672:Pulpotomy / Q000379:methods*; D011859:Radiography; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D014078:Tooth Eruption / Q000502:physiology*; D014080:Tooth Exfoliation / Q000503:physiopathology*; D014094:Tooth, Deciduous / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000187:drug effects*; D016896:Treatment Outcome
chemical_list: D005566:Formocresols; D057872:Pulp Capping and Pulpectomy Agents; C031025:formocresol