Efficacy of articaine infiltration for pulp anaesthesia in adult mandibular teeth

Completed

• Conditions: Pulp anaesthesia in adult mandibular teeth; Oral Health; Pulp anaesthesia

• Registration Number: ISRCTN94252698
• Lead Sponsor: ewcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (UK)

Brief Summary

Not available

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2009-04-08
• Last Update Posted: 13 January 2015

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 20

Inclusion Criteria

1. Healthy adult volunteers (aged 18 years or older, either sex)
2. Staff or students at Newcastle University

Exclusion Criteria

The volunteer:
1. Individuals under 18 years old
2. Systemic disorders which may place volunteers at risk from local anaesthetic injection for example bleeding disorders, history of infective endocarditis, pregnant women
3. Allergies to local anaesthetic drugs
4. Facial anaesthesia or paraesthesia
5. In dental pain at the time of the trial
6. Individuals unable to give informed consent

The teeth to be included:
1. Teeth which respond negatively to baseline pulp testing
2. Key test teeth missing

Study & Design

• Study Type: Interventional
• Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
umbness of lower anterior and posterior teeth (front and back teeth) following local anaesthetic injection; measured from one minute after the injection of local anaesthetic solution until 47 minutes.

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Injection discomfort (recorded immediately after injection) and duration of numbness after injection of anaesthetic solution (measured from one minutes after injection until 47 minutes).