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Assessment of pain after single visit root canal treatment

Not Applicable
Completed
Conditions
Health Condition 1: K040- Pulpitis
Registration Number
CTRI/2023/05/052543
Lead Sponsor
Disha Dhananjay Raysad
Brief Summary

Not available

Detailed Description

Not available

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status
Completed
Sex
Not specified
Target Recruitment
68
Inclusion Criteria

INCLUSION CRITERIA

1.Patients requiring root canal treatment of maxillary premolar teeth with two root canals, diagnosed clinically as asymptomatic irreversible pulpitis using pulp sensitivity tests.

2.Patients ranging in the age group of 18-50 years.

3.Patients with non-contributory medical history.

4.Teeth with no pre-operative pain

5.Teeth with adequate coronal structure to ascertain proper isolation.

Exclusion Criteria

EXCLUSION CRITERIA: -

PATIENT SPECIFIC:

1.Patients who refuse to consent for the procedure.

2.Patients with any systemic diseases, pregnancy or immuno - compromised conditions.

3.Patients on any antibiotic therapy in the past 3 months

4.Patients on any analgesic drugs in the past 7 days

5.Patients allergic to lignocaine in 1:80,000 concentration adrenaline

6.Patients allergic to Ibuprofen

7.Patients requiring root canal treatment of two or more teeth ipsilaterally (since the pain

caused by any of these teeth can result in false positive reading)

SPECIFIC TO DIAGNOSIS:

1.Teeth with acute apical periodontitis

2.Teeth with acute periapical abscess

3.Teeth with periapical radiolucency of diameter greater than0.5 cm (5 mm)

4.Teeth with an inflammatory exudate draining through the canal.

5.Necrotic painful teeth with absence of sinus tract for drainage

6.Re-treatment cases

7.Dilacerated teeth

8.Teeth with aggressive periodontitis or grade III mobility

TOOTH SPECIFIC:

1.Teeth with calcified canals, immature apex and internal and external resorption.

2.Two root canals ending with a single apical foramen.

3.Severe labially or lingually malpositioned teeth in which obtaining straight-line access is difficult.

4.If a #10 K-file is very resistant to movement or if a #20 K-file easily goes to length, then teeth with such canals will be excluded (apical gauging).

Study & Design

Study Type
Interventional
Study Design
Not specified
Primary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
To evaluate and compare the incidence and intensity of post-operative pain after single visit endodontic treatment using Neolix Neoniti and E3 Azure file system at 6, 24, 48 and 72 hours using Visual Analogue ScaleTimepoint: 6, 24, 48 and 72 hours
Secondary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
To evaluate and compare the association of variables (age and sex) between groups <br/ ><br>Timepoint: 6, 24, 48 and 72 hours
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