The Editorial Board of the Journal of Endodontics has developed a literature-based study guide of topical areas related to endodontics. This study guide is intended to give the reader a focused review of the essential endodontic literature and does not cite all possible articles related to each topic. Although citing all articles would be comprehensive, it would defeat the idea of a study guide. The topics presented in this section are formocresol pulpotomy, electrosurgical pulpotomy, and pulpectomy in primary teeth.

Pulpotomy

1. C.A. Sweet, Procedure for treatment of exposed and pulpless deciduous teeth, J Am Dent Assoc 17 (1930), pp. 1150–1153.
2. J.E. Berger, Pulpal therapy for primary teeth, J Mich State Dent Assoc 46 (1964), pp. 33–40.
3. D.B. Law and T.M. Lewis, Formocresol pulpotomy in deciduous teeth, J Am Dent Assoc 69 (1964), pp. 601–607.
4. S.N. Frankl, Pulp therapy in pedodontics, Oral Surg Oral Med Oral Pathol 34 (1972), pp. 293–309. Abstract | Article | PDF (4987 K) | View Record in Scopus | Cited By in Scopus (2)
5. D.M. Ranly and E.P. Lazzari, The formocresol pulpotomy: the past, the present, and the future, J Pedod (1978), pp. 115–127. View Record in Scopus | Cited By in Scopus (6)
6. R.J. Pruhs, G.A. Olen and P.S. Sharma, Relationship between formocresol pulpotomies on primary teeth and enamel defects on their permanent successors, J Am Dent Assoc 94 (1977), pp. 698–700. View Record in Scopus | Cited By in Scopus (13)
7. D.G. Longwill, F.J. Marshall and H.R. Creamer, Reactivity of human lymphocytes to pulp antigens, J Endod 8 (1982), pp. 27–32. Abstract | PDF (2746 K) | View Record in Scopus | Cited By in Scopus (2)
8. D.M. Ranly and F. Garcia-Godoy, Reviewing pulp treatment for primary teeth, J Am Dent Assoc 122 (1991), pp. 83–85. View Record in Scopus | Cited By in Scopus (13)
9. D.M. Ranly, Pulpotomy therapy in primary teeth: new modalities for old rationales, Ped Dent 16 (1994), pp. 403–409. View Record in Scopus | Cited By in Scopus (26)
10. P.J. Waterhouse, Formocresol and alternative primary molar pulpotomy medicaments: a review, Endod Dent Traumatol 11 (1995), pp. 157–162. Full Text via CrossRef | View Record in Scopus | Cited By in Scopus (18)
11. A. Fei, R.D. Udin and R. Johnson, A clinical study of ferric sulfate as a pulpotomy agent in primary teeth, Ped Dent 13 (1991), pp. 327–332. View Record in Scopus | Cited By in Scopus (38)
12. A.B. Fuks, G. Holan, J.M. Davis and E. Eidelman, Ferric sulfate versus dilute formocresol in pulptomized primary molars: long term follow up, Am Acad Ped Dent 19 (1997), pp. 327–330. View Record in Scopus | Cited By in Scopus (41)
13. E. Eidelman, G. Holan and A.B. Fuks, Mineral trioxide aggregate vs formocresol in pulpotomized primary molars: a preliminary report, Ped Dent 23 (2001), pp. 15–18. View Record in Scopus | Cited By in Scopus (40)
14. D.R. Ruemping, T.H. Morton and M.W. Anderson, Electrosurgical pulpotomy in primates: a comparison with formocresol pulpotomy, Ped Dent 5 (1983), pp. 14–18. View Record in Scopus | Cited By in Scopus (13)
15. B. Sheller and T.H. Morton, Electrosurgical pulpotomy: a pilot study in humans, J Endod 13 (1987), pp. 69–76. Abstract | PDF (1854 K) | View Record in Scopus | Cited By in Scopus (9)
16. D.W. Shaw, B. Sheller, B.D. Barrus and T.H. Morton, Electrosurgical pulpotomy: a 6-month study in primates, J Endod 13 (1987), pp. 500–505. Abstract | PDF (827 K) | View Record in Scopus | Cited By in Scopus (13)
17. M.E. Odabas, H. Bodur, E. Baris and C. Demir, Clinical, radiographic, and histopathologic evaluation of Nd:YAG laser pulpotomy on human primary teeth, J Endod 33 (2007), pp. 415–421. View Record in Scopus | Cited By in Scopus (4)

Pulpectomy

1. A.I. Weiss, A review of endodontic treatment for primary teeth, J Pedod (1980), pp. 255–265.
2. A.C. Goerig and J.H. Camp, Root canal treatment in primary teeth: a review, Ped Dent 5 (1983), pp. 33–37. View Record in Scopus | Cited By in Scopus (15)
3. R. Yacobi, D.J. Kenny, P.L. Judd and D.H. Johnston, Evolving primary pulp therapy techni
4. J.A. Coll and R. Sadrian, Predicting pulpectomy success and its relationship to exfoliation and succedaneous dentition, Ped Dent 18 (1996), pp. 57–63. View Record in Scopus | Cited By in Scopus (28)ques, J Am Dent Assoc 122 (1991), pp. 83–85. View Record in Scopus | Cited By in Scopus (14)