Once bleeding stopped, capping material was placed over the exposed pulp. Failure to stop bleeding within additional 5 minutes indicated incomplete removal of the inflamed pulp. In these cases, partial or complete pulpotomy was performed before capping. Failure to control bleeding after a full pulpotomy indicated propagation of the inflammation to the radicular pulp. In these specific cases, we performed extirpation and suggested conventional root canal therapy. These cases were subsequently excluded from the study.