Mineral Trioxide Aggregate Partial Pulpotomy Versus Formocresol Pulpotomy: A Randomized, Split-Mouth, Controlled Clinical Trial with 24 Months Follow-Up.

Purpose: The purpose of this study was to evaluate the clinical and radiographic success rates of mineral trioxide aggregate partial pulpotomy (PP) compared to formocresol pulpotomy (FP) in human primary molars.

Methods: In this randomized, controlled, split-mouth, clinical trial, 25 healthy five- to eight-year-olds, with 50 carious primary mandibular second molars lacking clinical and radiographic evidence of pulp pathology, were selected. The selected teeth were randomly assigned into two groups, PP and FP, for vital pulp therapy.