The use of speckle contrast imaging technique to assess pulpal blood flow
Completed
- Conditions
- Oral HealthBlood supply to tooth pulp
- Registration Number
- ISRCTN11387019
- Lead Sponsor
- eeds Dental Institute
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Completed
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 30
Inclusion Criteria
1. Children between 8-16 years old
2. Medically fit (ASA I)
3. Children with one non-vital maxillary central or lateral incisor that had a completed root canal treatment or pulp extirpation, and an ideally a contra-lateral non-traumatised vital tooth
4. The non-vital tooth should not be tender to percussion or have periapical radiolucency or a sinus tract
Exclusion Criteria
1. Heavily restored teeth covering more than half the labial surface of teeth
2. Non-vital teeth treated with regenerative endodontic technique
3. Vital teeth with pulp canal obliteration
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Observational
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method The FLUX value for the pulpal blood flow.It will be measured for a vital tooth and non vital tooth at a single time point only.After which, a statistical ratio is calculated to get the sensitivity/specificity.<br>
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method 1. Repeatability of the machine will be calculated using FLUX values.<br>2. A second measurement on 20% of the sample size will be done to calculate the reliability by comparing FLUX values.<br>