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EFFECT OF GUTTA-PERCHA SOLVENTS ON POSTOPERATIVE PAIN AFTER ROOT CANAL RETREATMENT: A RANDOMIZED CLINICAL TRIA

Phase 1
Recruiting
Conditions
postoperative pain after non&#45
surgical root canal retreatment procedure
non&#45
surgical root canal retreatment&#44
gutta&#45
percha solvents&#44
postoperative pain
Registration Number
TCTR20200319008
Lead Sponsor
Faculty of Graduate Studies
Brief Summary

Not available

Detailed Description

Not available

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status
Recruiting
Sex
All
Target Recruitment
64
Inclusion Criteria

Participants aged more than 18 years with healthy physical status or well-controlled systematic diseases, according to class I or II from ASA classification will be enrolled. In addition, they should not be contra-indicated with medication used in this study (ibuprofen), i.e., drug allergy or related systemic conditions. All included participants will have a previously treated endodontic single-root tooth with the need of retreatment and all those teeth must be restorable. Moreover, old root canal filling materials must be located at 1 to 3 mm from the radiographic apex in the periapical radiograph.

Exclusion Criteria

Any tooth presenting an open apex, root resorption or root perforation would be excluded. In addition, participants presenting pre-operative pain and/or swelling at the appointment visit, taking analgesics or antibiotics less than one week before appointment visit or experiencing problems in completing the pain questionnaires would be excluded. Moreover, a tooth which does not contain gutta-percha or cannot be patent through the apex at the appointment visit will be excluded, too.

Study & Design

Study Type
Interventional
Study Design
Not specified
Primary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
postoperative pain 3 days NRS score
Secondary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
the amount of medication intake 3 days number
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