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The influence of apical periodontitis on the concentration of inflammatory mediators in peripheral blood plasma and the metagenomic profiling of endodontic infections.

Completed
Conditions
apical periodontitis, parodontitis apicalisoral inflammation, ontsteking in de mondroot canal infection, wortelkanaalinfectieendodontic, endodontischhealth, gezondheidsystemic health, algehele gezondheidlow-grade inflammation, lage-graad ontsteking
Registration Number
NL-OMON23636
Lead Sponsor
Academic Centre Dentistry Amsterdam (ACTA), Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Brief Summary

Not available

Detailed Description

Not available

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status
Completed
Sex
Not specified
Target Recruitment
60
Inclusion Criteria

Inclusion criteria AP group

In order to be eligible to participate in this study, a subject must meet all of the following criteria.

Exclusion Criteria

A potential subject who meets any of the following criteria will be excluded from participation in this study:

-smoking

Study & Design

Study Type
Observational non invasive
Study Design
Not specified
Primary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Changes in concentration of mediators of inflammation compared non-AP controls (i) and to baseline measurements (ii).<br /><br>Determination of the magnitude of the microbial infection.<br /><br>Determination of composition and function profile of infected AP teeth.
Secondary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Presentation of cytokine timelines of resolution of AP plus healing of extraction site.<br><br /><br /><br>Determination of clusters of inflammatory mediators at time points S1- S6.<br /><br /><br><br>Correlation of subject characteristics (symptoms of AP, DMFS and DPSI, age and sex) to mediators of inflammation or clusters thereof. <br><br /><br /><br>Correlation of subject characteristics (symptoms of AP, DMFS and DPSI, age and sex) to qualitative and quantitative data of microbial content of extracted teeth.
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