Thirty-Month Outcomes of Biodentine ® Pulpotomies in Primary Molars: A Retrospective Review

The purpose of this study was to evaluate the clinical and radiographic effectiveness of Biodentine^® as a pulpotomy medicament for use in primary molars. A retrospective chart review was conducted on children who had received full-mouth dental rehabilitation under general anesthesia between January 1, 2013, and May 1, 2018. Three clinical outcomes (pain, pathologic mobility, and soft tissue pathology) and two radiographic outcomes (pathologic radiolucency and pathologic root resorption) defined a composite outcome of pulp therapy failure. The final study sample consisted of 208 children with a mean age of 4.9 years. The total number of primary molars that received a Biodentine^® pulpotomy over the 30-month posttreatment period was 608. Survival analyses determined that the cumulative probability of clinical survival at 30 months was 93.7 percent (95 percent confidence interval [95% CI] equals 83.7 percent to 99.2 percent) and radiographic survival probability was 85.6 percent (95% CI equals 76.3 percent to 93.7 percent). The majority (n equals 14 out of 20; 70 percent) of failed Biodentine^® pulpotomies occurred before 18 months. Primary molar pulpotomies utilizing Biodentine^® as the pulpal medicament had favorable clinical and radiographic results after 30 months. Biodentine^® can be considered an alternative to other commonly used primary tooth pulpotomy medicaments.