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Postoperative Pain After the Removal of Root Canal Filling Material

Early Phase 1
Completed
Conditions
Postoperative Pain
Interventions
Other: root canal retreatment
Other: root canal therapy
Registration Number
NCT02905773
Lead Sponsor
TC Erciyes University
Brief Summary

The aim of this study was to evaluate the intensity and duration of postoperative pain after the removal of root canal filling material in retreatment procedures of upper incisor teeth with chronic apical periodontitis, using different techniques.

The patients were assigned to three groups of 45 patients, according to the method used to remove old canal filling material. The presence of postoperative pain was assessed after 6, 12, 24, 48, and 72 hours, 7 days, and finally after 10 days.

The hypothesis of this study: there would be no difference in postoperative pain intensity among the groups.

Detailed Description

Not available

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status
COMPLETED
Sex
All
Target Recruitment
135
Inclusion Criteria
  • asymptomatic incisor teeth with chronic apical periodontitis
  • patients between 18-55 years of age
Exclusion Criteria
  • patients with systemic disease

Study & Design

Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Study Design
PARALLEL
Arm && Interventions
GroupInterventionDescription
intensityroot canal retreatmentintensity
postoperative painroot canal therapypostoperative pain
Primary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
postoperative pain after non-surgical endodontic retreatment using modified visual analog scale10 days
Secondary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
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