Anasthesia for painful teeth
Not Applicable
- Conditions
- Health Condition 1: K040- Pulpitis
- Registration Number
- CTRI/2022/02/040254
- Lead Sponsor
- Rajah Muthiah Dental College and Hospital Annamalai University
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- ot Yet Recruiting
- Sex
- Not specified
- Target Recruitment
- 0
Inclusion Criteria
with active pain of less than 54 mm in Heft-Parker Visual Analog Scale (HP VAS) in mandibular molar, prolonged response to cold testing with an ice stick (1,1,1,2 tetrafluoroethane; Hygenic Corp, Akron OH) and an electric pulp tester, and absence of any periapical radiolucency on radiographs except for a widened periodontal ligament and a vital pulp on exposure after caries removal were included for the study.
Exclusion Criteria
Subjects placed under American Society of Anesthesiologists IV classification of systemic disorders or antecedents of complications associated with local anesthetics, pregnant and lactating women, and subjects under medication to alter pain perception were excluded from the study.
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Reduction in post HP VAS scores during pulpotomy procedure in teeth with irreversible pulpitis, after administration of 2 percent lignocaine without epinephrineTimepoint: HP VAS score taken after caries removal and pulp exposure
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method o significant differences in the HP VAS pain scores with respect to age and gender after teeth are anasthesised with 2 percent lignocaine without epinephrineTimepoint: HP VAS scores pre and post anesthesia