Foraminal Enlargement and Postoperative Pain.
- Conditions
- Pain Postoperative
- Registration Number
- NCT02770053
- Lead Sponsor
- Isparta Military Hospital
- Brief Summary
The purpose of this study is to determine whether enlarging the apical foramen causes postoperative pain in teeth with necrotic pulp and apical periodontitis.
- Detailed Description
Foraminal enlargement (FE) is an intentional procedure that enlarges the cement canal. However, some RCTs indicate that enlarging the FE causes postoperative pain, flare-up, and destroy the apical constriction, whilst some RCTs pointed out there is no difference in terms of pain when a FE has been performed. The investigators, therefore, would like to conduct a RCT to increase both sample size and the number of published studies to do a systematic review for this topic.
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- COMPLETED
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 80
- Mature permenent teeth having pulpal necrosis and apical periodontitis.
- Systemic disorders
- Diabetes
- Pregnancy
- Less than 18 years of age
- Immunocompromised
- Patients who had taken antibiotics in the past 1 month
- Patients who had a positive history of analgesic use within the past 3 days
- Previously accessed teeth
Study & Design
- Study Type
- INTERVENTIONAL
- Study Design
- PARALLEL
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method 4-step pain intensity measures using a Visual Analog Scale (VAS). 7 days. The severity of pain in 1-7 days according to the VAS: 0-3 mild pain, 4-7 moderate pain, and 8-10 severe pain.
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method The number of patients taking an analgesic following the endodontics treatment. 7 days. The patients were asked to take an analgesic in the 7 days of time frame.