Pain evaluation with three different methods of working length taken

Not yet recruiting

Conditions: Acute apical periodontitis of pulpal origin,

Registration Number: CTRI/2019/07/019960

Lead Sponsor: Department of conservative dentistry and endodontics

Brief Summary: Theaim of the present study will be to clinically evaluate the post operative painduring root canal preparation , with three different methods of working lengthpreparation.

Suitable number ofpatients will be selected for this in-vivo study . Single rooted tooth will betaken into consideration for this study . Healthy young patients havingirrerversible pulpitis with toothpositive to a percussion test , negative to palpation test and without any periapical lesion or any systemicdisease will be included in this study

Patients which will beexcluded from the study according to the following criteria: those withsystemic diseases, swelling, sinus tract, or preoperative palpation pain , thosehaving bruxism or clenching , a severely damaged tooth, severe periodontaldisease in related tooth or resorption in related tooth , having previouslyundergone root canal treatment in related tooth.

A digital radiograph willbe used to confirm the presence of single root for the tooth to be operated on. Preoperative pulpal diagnosis will be performed by both cold test andElectric pulp test .Periapical diagnosis will be performed by periapical radiographsand percussion and palpation tests .

Patients will be randomlydistributed into 3 experimental groups viz. Radiographic group, Electronic apex locator group and Simultaneous Prepared Group; with equal number of patients in each group. After the root canal preparations , patient will be evaluated for postoperative pain after 24hrs ,48 hrs & 72 hrs respectively , keeping in mindno anaelgesics were given post-operatively before pain evaluation . Patientwill respond for pain after percussion on a designed visual analogue scale forpain.

Detailed Description: Not available

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status: Not Yet Recruiting

Sex: All

Target Recruitment: 60

Inclusion Criteria

Acute pain in single rooted tooth.

Exclusion Criteria

Patient with systemic disease ,sinus tract , periapical lesion ,swelling and sinus tract , bruxism , severely damaged tooth and severe periodontal disease.

Study & Design

Study Type: Interventional

Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Post operative pain	pain evaluation at 24 hours, 48 hours and 72 hours

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Patients will be evaluated for need of post operative analgesics	24 Hours

Trial Locations

Locations (1): Dr Ziauddin Ahmed dental college and hospital
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Aligarh, UTTAR PRADESH, India
Dr Ziauddin Ahmed dental college and hospital
🇮🇳Aligarh, UTTAR PRADESH, India
Dr Boris Saha
Principal investigator
09804427359
borissaha@gmail.com