Efficacy of incisive nerve block for pulp anaesthesia in the mandible
Completed
- Conditions
- Anaesthesia in the mandibleOral HealthN/A
- Registration Number
- ISRCTN53304116
- Lead Sponsor
- ewcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (UK)
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Completed
- Sex
- Not specified
- Target Recruitment
- 38
Inclusion Criteria
1. Healthy adult volunteers
2. Staff or students at the Newcastle University
Exclusion Criteria
The volunteers:
1. Individuals under 18 years old
2. Systemic disorders which may place volunteers at risk from local anaesthetic injection for example bleeding disorder, history of infective endocarditis, pregnant women
3. Allergies to local anaesthetics
4. Facial anaesthesia or paraesthesia
5. In dental pain at the time of trial
6. Individuals unable to give informed consent form
The teeth:
1. Teeth which respond negatively to baseline pulp testing
2. Key test teeth missing
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method umbness of lower teeth (back teeth) following local anaesthetic injection. This will be assessed by electric pulp testing every 2 minutes after injection for the first 10 minutes then every 5 minutes until 45 minutes.
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method 1. Injection discomfort, assessed with a visual analogue scale at each visit<br>2. Duration of numbness after injection