Cohort Comparison of Dental Nerve Block With Other Forms of Analgesia in Alleviating the Pain of Toothache

Completed

• Conditions: Tooth Pain

• Registration Number: NCT01268436
• Lead Sponsor: Albany Medical College

Brief Summary

Toothache is a common source of pain for Emergency Department patients. There are several common ways to control the pain of toothache. But we do not know if any one of them is more effective than another. It is also possible that how we take care of your pain in the Emergency Department will influence the level of pain you experience one or two days from now. This study seeks to answer these questions.

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2010-01
• Status Verified: 2010-12
• Study First Submitted: 2010-12-29
• Study First Submitted QC: 2010-12-29
• Study First Posted: 2010-12-30
• Primary Completion: 2012-11
• Study Completion: 2012-11
• Last Update Submitted: 2014-03-20
• Last Update Posted: 2014-03-24

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 64

Inclusion Criteria

• > 18 years, pain in any tooth

Exclusion Criteria

• duration of pain > 96 hours
• oral trauma within 96 hours of presentation
• facial or neck swelling
• pericoronitis
• visual impairment to less than finger counting within three feet

Study & Design

• Study Type: OBSERVATIONAL
• Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Visual Analog Pain Scale	Before and After treatment of tooth pain	Is there any change in patient report of pain using the Visual Analog Pain Scale before and after treatment.

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Need for additional treatment	while in the Emergency Department	Does patient require addtional/repeated analgesia or rescue medication?

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Albany Medical Center; 🇺🇸 Albany, New York, United States