Comparison of the anesthetic efficacy of lidocaine 2% with articaine 4% in dental pain anesthesia.
- Conditions
- Health Condition 1: K040- Pulpitis
- Registration Number
- CTRI/2024/04/065122
- Lead Sponsor
- EDE Sumit Nagaraj
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- ot Yet Recruiting
- Sex
- Not specified
- Target Recruitment
- 0
Those Patients who are at least 18 years old, having good oral and general health, possessing vital symptomatic maxillary posterior teeth,moderate to severe pain in the maxillary molar, a prolonged response to cold testing with an endofrost spray and an exaggerated response to electric pulp testing,the absence of any periapical radiolucency on radiographs except for a widened periodontal ligament, a vital coronal pulp on access opening, and the ability of subject to understand the use of pain scales.
Subjects younger than 18 years of age or older than 50 years of age, patients having active pain in more than 1 maxillary molar, subjects taking any pain-relieving medication including over-the-counter analgesics at least 12 hours before enrolment in the study and swelling near the tooth in question.
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Subjective and Objective Signs of onset of complete pulpal anesthesia after the injection of the anesthetic agentTimepoint: 15 minutes after the injection of the anesthetic agent, and the same shall be verified by negative response to electric pulp testing
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method patients who have received the injection of the anesthetic agent must feel no pain during endodontic access opening & instrumentationTimepoint: complete pulpal anesthesia 15 minutes after the injection & no sensation of pain up to 1 hour.