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Clinical Trials/ISRCTN12547356
ISRCTN12547356CompletedNot Applicable

The diagnostic accuracy of the laser doppler flowmetry in assessing pulp vitality of traumatised teeth in paediatric patients

niversity of Leeds, Leeds Dental Institute0 sites74 target enrollmentStarted: June 15, 2015Last updated:
Conditions

Trial Snapshot

Phase
Not Applicable
Status
Completed
Sponsor
Enrollment
74

Study Overview

Brief Summary

No summary available.

Study Design

Study Type
Interventional

Eligibility Criteria

Sex
All

Inclusion Criteria

  • 1. Children between 8-16 years old.
  • 2. Medically fit (ASA I, II).
  • 3. Understanding of English.
  • 4. Acceptable level of cooperation.
  • 5. Patients able to understand instructions.
  • 6. Children with one non-vital maxillary central or lateral incisor that had a completed root canal treatment with Gutta-Percha and an ideally a contra-lateral non-traumatised vital tooth.
  • 7. The root canal treated tooth should not be tender to percussion and have a periapical radiolucency or a sinus tract.
  • 8. The vital tooth should ideally not have received a dental trauma however should that be the case, the tooth should:
  • 8.1. Have received no severe luxation injuries such as intrusion, lateral luxation, avulsion, or extrusive luxation.
  • 8.2. Have been consistently responsive to EPT and ethyl chloride pulp tests during the past 6 months.
  • 8.3. Should have normal colour.
  • 8.4. Should not be tender to percussion.
  • 8.5. Not show any radiographic signs of loss of vitality
  • 9. All teeth should be minimally restored, covering less than half the labial crown surface.

Exclusion Criteria

  • 1. Medically and mentally compromised children
  • 2. Children with learning disabilities
  • 3. History of moderate and significant behaviour management problems
  • 4. Communication barrier such as not understanding English language
  • 5. Heavily restored teeth covering more than half the labial surface of teeth
  • 6. Patients on routine analgesics, antidepressants or antihypertensive drugs
  • 7. Non-vital teeth treated with regenerative endodontic technique
  • 8. Vital teeth with pulp canal obliteration
  • 9. If the contra lateral vital tooth:
  • 9.1. Had severe luxation injuries such as intrusion, lateral luxation, avulsion, or extrusive luxation
  • 9.2. Has not been consistently responsive to EPT and ethyl chloride pulp tests during the past 6 months
  • 9.3. Is of an abnormal colour
  • 9.4. Is tender to percussion
  • 9.5. Shows any radiographic signs of loss of vitality

Investigators

Sponsor
niversity of Leeds, Leeds Dental Institute

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