Sixty‐three vital permanent incisors with complicated crown fractures were treated by partial pulpotomy and assessed clinically and radiographically for healing. Healing of the pulp was considered to have taken place when the following criteria were fulfilled: absence of clinical symptoms, radiographic evidence of dentin bridge formation, no intrapulpal or periapical pathosis, continued root development in immature teeth, and a positive response to electrical pulp testing. The treatment was successful in 59 teeth (94%). In the remaining 4 teeth, necrosis of the pulp was diagnosed clinically and radiographically 3 weeks to 6 months after treatment. The high frequency of healing in both the present and previous studies seems to justify recommending partial pulpotomy as the treatment of choice in crown‐fractured teeth with pulp exposure.

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The distribution of caries was examined in teeth of 204 7-year-old children. The distal surfaces of the first primary molars, the mesial and occlusal surfaces of the second primary molars and the occlusal surfaces of the first permanent molars showed a high degree of susceptibility to caries. The occurrence of caries was found to be highly dependent on the presence of caries on the adjacent proximal surfaces: a higher frequency of caries was found on the proximal surfaces when the adjacent proximal surfaces were carious. The frequency of caries on the proximal surfaces of the first and second primary molars was higher when occlusal caries were present.

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