 Study participant data collection form This form collected two types of data: demographic and clinical data. The demographic part gathered information regarding patient age, gender, and race. The clinical form collected data regarding the clinical and x-ray evaluation of the tooth treated with a direct pulp cap: condition of the tooth, the type of pulp exposure by decay, by injury or during tooth preparation, patients complaints regarding the tooth, and results of diagnostic tests x-ray, pain to biting or temperature, etc were recorded. 