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worldwide dental schools employ varying approaches teaching vital pulp therapy vpt primary teeth however little known vpt techniques taught dental schools saudi arabia therefore study aimed describe approaches vpt primary teeth taught undergraduate dental schools saudi arabia nationwide crosssectional study conducted january june 2022 using online questionnaire distributed pediatric dentistry faculty members dental schools saudi arabia questionnaire collected information sociodemographic characteristics educational background work setting vpt teaching approaches descriptive statistics logistic regression models assessed association participants characteristics vpt techniques taught seventyseven faculty members 17 27 dental colleges saudi arabia participated study respondents reported teaching indirect pulp capping 95 glass ionomer cement calcium hydroxide popular materials 11 participants 14 taught direct pulp capping mineral trioxide aggregate calcium hydroxide commonly used materials pulpotomy procedures taught dental schools formocresol commonly used medicament 84 significant associations found faculty member characteristics likelihood teaching indirect pulp capping however older age categories significantly higher chance teaching direct pulp capping trend odds ratio 227 p 002 conclusion faculty members 95 reported teaching indirect pulp capping using glass ionomer cement calcium hydroxide primary teeth 14 respondents taught direct pulp capping use mineral trioxide aggregate direct pulp capping appears increasing formocresol commonly used pulpotomy medicament research needed investigate factors influence teaching vpt primary teeth saudi arabia