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Principally NHS practitioners and those from mixed and private practice were targeted, in addition to community and military dental officers, and dental therapists. Participants were asked questions relating to several clinical scenarios, with responses analysed using descriptive statistics.\n                      <jats:italic>\u03c7<\/jats:italic>\n                      <jats:sup>2<\/jats:sup>\n                      tests with sequential Bonferroni correction were used to explore variables including the method of remuneration, practitioner type (dentist\/therapist), postgraduate qualification(s), place of graduation and years since qualification. Variables with a relationship\n                      <jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic>\n                      \u00a0\u2264\u00a0.2 were selected for backwards likelihood ratio logistic modelling.\n                    <\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Results<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>In total, 648 primary care practitioners were included for analysis. Calcium hydroxide (CH) was most frequently used for direct pulp caps (DPCs) (398\/600; 66.3%) with calcium silicate cements (CSCs) less frequently used (119\/600; 19.8%). Rubber dam was used by 222\/599 (37.1%) practitioners. A definitive pulpotomy for the management of teeth with signs and symptoms indicative of irreversible pulpitis was selected by 65\/613 (10.6%) dentists. The principal barrier for the provision of definitive pulpotomies was a lack of training (602\/612; 98.4%). Regression analysis identified NHS practitioners as a good predictor for using CH for DPCs, having shorter emergency appointments, limited access to magnification and not using rubber dam. Non\u2010UK graduates were more likely to select CSCs, appropriately control pulpal haemorrhage, undertake appropriate postoperative evaluation and use rubber dam.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Conclusions<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>Practitioners deviated from evidence\u2010based guidelines in a number of aspects including material selection, asepsis and case selection. A number of other challenges exist in primary care in providing predictable VPTs, including lack of time and access to magnification. These were most evident in NHS practice, potentially exacerbating existing social health inequalities. 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