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To assess the outcome of two different methods of pulpotomy in carious exposed and painful permanent teeth.

Phase 3
Conditions
Health Condition 1: K02- Dental caries
Registration Number
CTRI/2021/12/039044
Lead Sponsor
Aaqib Ahmad Shah
Brief Summary

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Detailed Description

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Recruitment & Eligibility

Status
ot Yet Recruiting
Sex
Not specified
Target Recruitment
0
Inclusion Criteria

1)Healthy patients with mature mandibular 1st & 2nd molar with established clinical diagnosis of symptomatic irreversible pulpitis without periapical rarefaction.

2)Radiographically extremely deep carious lesion penetrating the entire thickness of the dentin, without a radio-dense zone.

3)Positive response to cold and electric pulp test.

4)Teeth with restorable carious lesion.

Exclusion Criteria

1)Deep carious lesions extending >=3/4 of the dentine thickness, with a visible radiopaque zone separating the carious lesion from the pulp, of mature permanent teeth with symptomatic irreversible pulpitis

2)Extremely deep carious lesion with periapical rarefaction.

3)Teeth with cracks, cusp fractures, subgingival caries and poor periodontal health

4)Patients with systemic conditions which could compromise the healing.

5)Patients not willing to participate in the study.

Intraoperative exclusion criteria:

1)Bleeding that cannot be controlled within 10 minutes with 2.5% NaOCl wet cotton pellet

2)Clinical diagnosis changes to pulpal necrosis.

Study & Design

Study Type
Interventional
Study Design
Not specified
Primary Outcome Measures
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Secondary Outcome Measures
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