Clinical and Radiographic Assessment of Neo Putty MTA Versus Formocresol Used in Vital Pulpotomy of Mandibular Primary Molars

Inclusion Criteria: Children with asymptomatic decayed primary mandibular molar(s). * Patient and parent showing cooperation and compliance. * Children 4-9 years old. * Vital carious primary(s) with complete root formation. * Asymptomatic teeth or without clinical symptoms of spontaneous pain. * No clinical evidence of pulp degeneration like the history of spontaneous or nocturnal pain, tenderness to percussion, pathologic tooth mobility, swelling, or fistulous tract. * Both genders will be included. * No radiographic evidence of pulp degeneration such as internal root resorption, external root resorption, or furcal radiolucency. * Presence of two thirds of the root. * Teeth that can be restored. * Children with prior parental consent. Exclusion Criteria: * History of any systemic disease. * Hemostasis is not achieved within 5 minutes of pulp amputation, by direct contact with a wet cotton pellet before the material placement. * The remaining radicular tissue was non-vital (with suppuration or purulence necrosis).