Persistent Pain and Root Canal Therapy

Dental Practice-Based Research Network8 sites in 2 countries500 target enrollmentAugust 2010

ConditionsRoot Canal Therapy Persistent Tooth Pain

Overview

Phase: Not Applicable
Intervention: Not specified
Conditions: Root Canal Therapy
Sponsor: Dental Practice-Based Research Network
Enrollment: 500
Locations: 8
Status: Completed
Last Updated: 14 years ago

Overview Investigators Eligibility Criteria Outcomes Sites Similar Trials

Overview

Brief Summary

The purpose of this study is to document by survey the occurence of tooth pain present 3 months and 6 months after root canal therapy in the patients recruited for the DPBRN "Peri-operative tooth pain" study. This study will access the feasibility of obtaining 3 month and 6 month follow-up data on the patient enrolled in the DPBRN "Peri-operative tooth pain" study.

Registry

clinicaltrials.gov

Start Date

August 2010

End Date

September 2011

Last Updated

14 years ago

Study Type

Observational

Sex

All

Investigators

Sponsor

Dental Practice-Based Research Network

Responsible Party

Principal Investigator

Gregg H. Gilbert, DDS, MBA, FAAHD

Professor and Chair, Department of General Dental Sciences

Dental Practice-Based Research Network

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion Criteria

•19-70 years old
•Permanent adult tooth requiring its first non-surgical root canal therapy
•patients with more than 1 tooth requiring root canal therapy are eligible, but only the first root canal procedure will be included to avoid problems of correlation within patients

Exclusion Criteria

•evidence of prior root canal therapy, including iatrogenic, but not disease-induced pulp access of the tooth being considered
•patients with obvious cognitive impairments (e.g., past stroke with communication deficits, dementia,mental disability)
•patients unable to return for 6 month follow-up