Journal of AdvancedMedical and Dental Sciences Research

Background: The philosophy of primary tooth pulpotomy is to remove the inflamed or infected coronal pulp tissue and cover the pulp stumps with a therapeutic agent. Sodium hypochlorite (NaOCl) is a biocompatible material that is an effective hemostatic agent and is nonirritating to the exposed pulpal tissue. Hence; the present retrospective study was undertaken for assessing sodium hypochlorite pulpotomies in primary molars. Materials & methods: Data records of a total of 50 patients were obtained. Only those patients were enrolled which underwent pulpotomy procedures with sodium hypochlorite and in which complete data records were obtained. Based on radiographic evaluation based on data of clinical variables, success and failure rate was analysed. Data of subjects with presence of any other oral pathologic lesion were enrolled. All the results were recorded and analysed by SPSS software. Results: Clinical success was seen in 96 percent of the patients while clinical failure was seen in 4 percent of the patients. Radiographic success was seen in 90 percent of the patients while radiographic failure was seen in 10 percent of the patients. Conclusion: Sodium hypochlorite pulpotomies in primary molars have excellent prognosis. Key words: Pulpotomy, Primary, Molars.