Treatment of deep carious lesions in permanent teeth of adults
- Conditions
- Reversible Pulpitis
- Registration Number
- SLCTR/2011/011
- Lead Sponsor
- Ministry of Higher Education
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Recruiting
- Sex
- Not specified
- Target Recruitment
- Not specified
• 18 years or older healthy males and females; • A primary carious lesion radiographically involving a penetration depth of 75% or more of the dentine with a pulp that is deemed to be savable and only reversibly inflamed; • In patients who report pain, the pain should be provoked and confirmed by stimulation with cold or compressed air (pretreatment pain); • • Availability for the two years duration of the study; • Good general health with no known allergy to products being tested.
• No response to cold and electrical pulp testing indicating pulp necrosis; • Pus draining from the exposed pulp indicating (partial) pulp necrosis; • Inability to stop bleeding from the exposed pulp with simple means; • Non-bleeding pulp indicating (partial) pulp necrosis; • Periapical radiolucency; • Periodontal attachment loss > 5 mm apical; • Pregnancy; any systemic disease preventing enrolment; • • History of known allergy to materials use; • Patients who are unable to comply with study appointment schedule.
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Excavation trial : pulp exposure, pulp status, periapical status and pain (unexposed pulps with sustained pulp health without apical radiolucency = success)<br> [At 1 year and 2 years after the procedure]<br>Pulp capping trial : pulp status, periapical status and pain (pulp vitality without apical radiolucency =success). [At 1 year and 2 years after the procedure]<br>
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method o sign and symptom (including pain) in the treated tooth. [Immediately after the treatment up to one week]<br>