Improving the success rate of apicectomies by using Mineral Trioxide Aggregate
Completed
- Conditions
- Oral health/stomatognathic diseases: Oral health/stomatognathic diseasesOral Health
- Registration Number
- ISRCTN22673915
- Lead Sponsor
- HS R&D Regional Programme Register - Department of Health (UK)
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Completed
- Sex
- Not specified
- Target Recruitment
- 320
Inclusion Criteria
Adult patients who are referred to Guy's Hospital for apicectomy will be invited to participate. The entry criteria will be that the tooth has apical periodontitis, the tooth could not be adequately and better managed by root canal retreatment, the tooth has an adequate root canal filling, the crown of the tooth is adequately restored, and periodontal probing depths <4 mm except for a unilocular sinus tract.
Exclusion Criteria
Not provided at time of registration
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method External assessment of degree of healing observed in post-operative radiographs.
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method ot provided at time of registration