The Effect of local Injection of Cortone on Pain preception after Root Canal treatment of teeth with Irreversible Pulpits
- Conditions
- Teeth with irreversible pulpitis.Other and unspecified diseases of pulp and periapical tissues
- Registration Number
- IRCT2016053028173N2
- Lead Sponsor
- Tabriz University of Medical Sciences
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Complete
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 213
All the teeth of maxillary and mandibular jaws diagnosed as irreversible pulpitis; with normal probing depth; tenderness; no history of using drugs such as analgesics (except ibuprofen), analgesic and anti-anxiety in the past two weeks; no medical history; no contraindication for prescribing cortisone; teeth with at least dilated periodontal ligament in periapical radiography; no dental implants in studied dental quadrant; approved vitality with pulp tests and cold spray; teeth with clinically diagnosed as irreversible pulpitis with response to electric pulp tester; longitudinal and magnified response (10 seconds); moderate to severe pain after the removal of the ice test cotton ball.
Exclusion criteria: Systemic disease or maxillary sinusitis; unstable heart disease; high blood pressure; sensitivity to anesthetic lidocaine, epinephrine and latex; contraindications ofr lidocaine and epinephrine application; facial or oral paresthesia; use of any painkillers, Sedatives, anti-anxiety and corticosteroids during 2 weeks before treatment (except using 1.6 g of ibuprofen daily in past two days); pregnancy; breastfeeding; unreturnable teeth; teeth with full-coverage of restoration; over filling or over instrumentation during treatment; contraindications of using topical corticosteroids; diabetes; long-term steroid use; false positives vitality test observed after tooth necrosis; need to inject opal interpol for increasing the anesthesia.
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Study & Design
- Study Type
- interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Pain relief. Timepoint: 6, 12, 24, 48, 72 hours and 7 days after injection. Method of measurement: Visual Analog Scale (VAS).
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method