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Therefore, it was the aim of this study to determine treatment success of emergency pulpotomy in relieving acute dental pain.<\/jats:p>\n          <\/jats:sec>\n          <jats:sec>\n            <jats:title>Methods<\/jats:title>\n            <jats:p>\n              <jats:italic>Setting:<\/jats:italic> School of Dentistry, Muhimbili National Hospital, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania.<\/jats:p>\n            <jats:p>\n              <jats:italic>Study design:<\/jats:italic> Longitudinal study.<\/jats:p>\n            <jats:p>\n              <jats:italic>Participants:<\/jats:italic> 180 patients who presented with dental pain due to acute irreversible pulpitis during the study period between July and August 2001.<\/jats:p>\n            <jats:p>\n              <jats:italic>Treatment and evaluation:<\/jats:italic> Patients were treated by emergency pulpotomy on permanent posterior teeth and were evaluated for pain after one, three and six week's post-treatment. Pain, if present, was categorised as either mild or acute.<\/jats:p>\n          <\/jats:sec>\n          <jats:sec>\n            <jats:title>Results<\/jats:title>\n            <jats:p>Of the patients with treated premolars, 25 (13.9%) patients did not experience pain at all while 19 (10.6%) experienced mild pain. None of the patients with treated premolars experienced acute pain. 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