Effect of cold saline irrigation during root canal treatment on postoperative pain in symptomatic teeth
- Conditions
- Health Condition 1: K044- Acute apical periodontitis of pulpal origin
- Registration Number
- CTRI/2019/07/020045
- Lead Sponsor
- Dr Samrita Shrestha
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- ot Applicable
- Sex
- Not specified
- Target Recruitment
- 0
1. Nepalese patients older than 18 years of age
2. Only patients presenting with uniradicular teeth with a single canal and a diagnosis of necrotic pulp and symptomatic apical periodontitis
3. Only those patients registering from 4 to 10 on the preoperative NRS will be included
4. Patient who can understand and provide informed consent
1. Patient not willing to participate in the study
2. Patients whose forms will be incompletely or inadequately filled out
3. Pregnancy
4. A history of medication for chronic pain
5. Immunocompromised patient
6. Patients with special needs and medical conditions altering the protocol
7. Root canal re-treatment
8. Presence of difficult root canal anatomy
9. Root canals with an extreme curvature [ >30]
10. Internal or external resorption
11. Teeth with open apices
12. A radiographically untraceable canal path
13. Any accident or complication occurring during treatment
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method The effect of intracanal cryotherapy on postoperative pain in teeth with symptomatic apical periodontitis will be measured as the changes from baseline. <br/ ><br>Timepoint: 6, 12, 24, 48 and 72 hours post-operatively
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method The effect of intracanal cryotherapy and room temperature sterile saline solution as an intracanal irrigant on postoperative pain in different time interval will be measured.Timepoint: 6, 12, 24, 48 and 72 hours post-operatively