DPBRN Persistent Pain and Root Canal Therapy

Completed

• Conditions: Root Canal Therapy; Persistent Tooth Pain

• Registration Number: NCT01201668
• Lead Sponsor: Dental Practice-Based Research Network

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.

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2010-08
• Study First Submitted: 2010-09-13
• Study First Submitted QC: 2010-09-13
• Study First Posted: 2010-09-14
• Status Verified: 2011-09
• Primary Completion: 2011-09
• Study Completion: 2011-09
• Last Update Submitted: 2011-09-16
• Last Update Posted: 2011-09-20

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 500

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

Study & Design

• Study Type: OBSERVATIONAL
• Study Design: Not specified

Trial Locations

Locations (8)

University of Minnesota; 🇺🇸 Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States

Health Partners Dental Group; 🇺🇸 Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States

Health Partners Research Foundation; 🇺🇸 Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States

University of Alabama at Birmingham; 🇺🇸 Birmingham, Alabama, United States

University of Florida College of Dentistry; 🇺🇸 Gainesville, Florida, United States

University of Copenhagen Royal Dental College; 🇩🇰 Copenhagen, Denmark

Permanente Denrtal Associates; 🇺🇸 Portland, Oregon, United States

Kaiser Permanente Center for Health Research; 🇺🇸 Portland, Oregon, United States