Apical Patency and Postoperative Pain.
- Conditions
- Pain Postoperative
- Registration Number
- NCT02768285
- Lead Sponsor
- Isparta Military Hospital
- Brief Summary
The purpose of this study is to determine whether maintaining an apical patency causes postoperative pain in posterior teeth with necrotic pulp and apical periodontitis.
- Detailed Description
Apical patency (AP) is a procedure that prevents accumulation of soft and hard tissue debris within the cement canal. However, some RCTs indicate that maintaining an AP causes postoperative pain, whilst some RCTs pointed out there is no difference in terms of pain when AP has been performed. We, therefore, would like to conduct a RCT to increase the sample size of the previously performed RCTs to do an systematic review.
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- COMPLETED
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 320
- Mature permanent teeth having plural necrosis and apical periodontitis
- Systemic disorders
- Diabetes
- Pregnancy
- Less than 18 years of age
- Immunocompromised
- Patients who had taken antibiotics in the past 1 month
- Patients who had a positive history of analgesic use within the past 3 days
- Previously accessed teeth
Study & Design
- Study Type
- INTERVENTIONAL
- Study Design
- PARALLEL
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method 100-mm Visual Analog Scale (VAS). 7 days. Pain severity was evaluated as no pain (0-4 mm), mild pain (5-44 mm), moderate pain (45-74 mm) and severe pain (75-100 mm).
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method The number of patients taking an analgesic following the endodontic treatment. 7 days. The patients were asked to take an analgesic in the 7 days of time frame.
Trial Locations
- Locations (1)
Isparta Military Hospital
🇹🇷Isparta, Turkey
Isparta Military Hospital🇹🇷Isparta, Turkey