Question 191 · LDEK · Primary teeth
During the preparation of a caries lesion with a hand instrument the pulp was exposed in an asymptomatic tooth 75 in a 5-year-old child. The surface of the pulp exposure was about 2 mm². The treatment of choice will be:
- A. direct cover with MTA.
- B. direct cover with calcium hydroxide and delayed restoration.
- C. vital pulp amputation with calcium hydroxide.
- D. formocresol pulp amputation according to Buckley.
- E. pulpectomy after the pulp devitalization.
Hint
An exposure during caries removal in a primary molar means the coronal pulp is contaminated; pick the most successful pulpotomy method listed.
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