Comparison of The Success Rates of Four Different Pulpotomy Techniques

Inclusion Criteria: * Patients were eligible if they were 5 to 7 years old, healthy and cooperative, and had at least four carious primary molars, each of which was in a different quadrant and required a pulpotomy. The criteria for the selection of the teeth to be included in the study were presence of deep caries, presence of at least two-thirds of the root length radiographically and being restorable. Exclusion Criteria: * The exclusion criteria were the presence of any clinical or radiographic evidence of pulp degeneration (spontaneous or nocturnal tooth pain, tenderness to percussion, pathological mobility, internal or external root resorption, swelling or fistula, widened periodontal ligament (PDL) space, furcal or periapical radiolucency and teeth requiring more than 5 minutes to achieve hemostasis during clinical procedure. Teeth without permanent successor were not also included in the study.