Assessment of pain after injection inside the tooth with different size needles during root canal treatment
Phase 3
- Conditions
- Health Condition 1: null- patients requiring root canal treatment in lower molars with symptomatic irreversible pulpitis
- Registration Number
- CTRI/2018/08/015227
- Lead Sponsor
- Dr N Velmurugan
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Open to Recruitment
- Sex
- Not specified
- Target Recruitment
- 0
Inclusion Criteria
1.Patients diagnosed with symptomatic irreversible pulpitis planned for endodontic treatment in mandibular molars. (VAS score > 6).
2. Failed Inferior alveolar nerve block.
Exclusion Criteria
1.Immature young permanent teeth.
2.Teeth that do not respond to traditional vitality tests.
3.Cases of necrotic pulp, periapical lesion, dentoalveolar abscess.
4.Medically compromised patients.
5.Patients under long term medications that influence pain threshold.
6.Retreatment cases
7.Patients with a history of intake of analgesics, steroids and / or antibiotics in the recent past 48 hours.
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method The level of pain will be assessed using Heft Parkerâ??s Visual analogue scaleTimepoint: During intrapulpal injection
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method The level of pain will be assessed using Heft Parkerâ??s Visual analogue scaleTimepoint: During pulp extirpation