title: Sodium Hypochlorite Versus Formocresol and Ferric Sulfate Pulpotomies in Primary Molars: 18-month Follow-up.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  This study's purpose was to compare the clinical and radiographic success rates of 5.25 percent Sodium Hypochlorite (NaOCl) pulpotomies to Formocresol (FC) and Ferric Sulfate (FS) in decayed primary molars.
  
  
  METHODS
  Eighty-one primary molars, randomly divided into three groups, were treated with one of three different pulpotomy materials; NaOCl, FC and FS. The outcomes of the different groups were assessed clinically and radiographically every six months over 18 months. Chi-square test was used to detect differences in outcome measures in all groups.
  
  
  RESULTS
  At six months, clinical and radiographic success rates were 100 percent for each group (27/27). At 12 months, clinical success was 100 percent (24/24), 96 percent (24/25), and 95.7 percent (22/23) for NaOCl, FC, and FS respectively. The radiographic success was 95.8 percent (23/24) for NaOCl group, and 100 percent for FC (25/25), and FS (23/23). At 18 months, the clinical success was 83.3 percent (20/24), 96 percent (24/25), and 87 percent (20/23) for NaOCL, FC, and FS respectively. The 18 month radiographic success was 91.7 percent (22/24), 100 percent (25/25), and 95.7 percent (22/23) for NaOCl, FC, and FS respectively. No significant differences were found in clinical or radiographic outcomes between the three groups at six, 12 and 18 months.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The three pulpotomy medicaments yielded similar outcomes.
authors.affiliation: Faculty of Dentistry, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. deema.farsi@gmail.com.
authors.forename: Deema J
authors.initials: DJ
authors.lastname: Farsi
authors.affiliation: Pediatric Dentistry Department, Faculty of Dentistry, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia; Faculty of Dental Medicine (Girls' Branch), Al Azhar University, Cairo, Egypt.
authors.forename: Heba M
authors.initials: HM
authors.lastname: El-Khodary
authors.affiliation: Pediatric Dentistry Department, in the Faculty of Dentistry, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.
authors.forename: Najat M
authors.initials: NM
authors.lastname: Farsi
authors.affiliation: Pediatric Dentistry Department, Faculty of Dentistry, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia; Faculty of Dental Medicine (Girls' Branch), Al Azhar University, Cairo, Egypt.
authors.forename: Eman A
authors.initials: EA
authors.lastname: El Ashiry
authors.affiliation: Faculty of Dentistry, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.
authors.forename: Mohammed A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Yagmoor
authors.affiliation: General dentist, King Fahd Armed Forces Hospital, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.
authors.forename: Soha M
authors.initials: SM
authors.lastname: Alzain
mesh_terms: D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D005566:Formocresols / Q000627:therapeutic use; D006801:Humans; D008963:Molar; D011672:Pulpotomy; D012973:Sodium Hypochlorite / Q000627:therapeutic use
chemical_list: D005566:Formocresols; D012973:Sodium Hypochlorite