Factors associated with survival of primary teeth pulpotomies: a practice-based study.

AIM: To investigate factors associated with survival of pulpotomies on primary molars in a primary healthcare setting. METHODS: The data were collected from an electronic patient record system. Dental files of patients who received a pulpotomy procedure on a primary molar between Jan 2015 and Dec 2017 at the primary health care clinics in the City of Oulu, Finland, were included. The follow-up period lasted until May 28th, 2020. For the analysis, the study population was grouped into three different age groups: younger than 6 years of age, 6-9 years of age and older than 9 years of age. CONCLUSION: It seems that pulpotomies are often performed at primary health care clinics without adequate initial diagnosis or it is made to teeth tested non-vital, teeth with severe pain and even to necrotic teeth. These results suggest that more education about this manner is needed for dentists who work with child patients.