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CompletedNCT02770053

Foraminal Enlargement and Postoperative Pain.

Influence of Foraminal Enlargement on Postoperative Pain in Teeth With Necrotic Pulp and Apical Periodontitis: A Randomized Controlled Trial.

Status
Completed
Phase
Phase 1
Study type
Interventional
Enrollment
80 (actual)
Sponsor
Isparta Military Hospital · Academic / Other
Sex
All
Age
21 Years – 45 Years
Healthy volunteers
Accepted

Summary

The purpose of this study is to determine whether enlarging the apical foramen causes postoperative pain in teeth with necrotic pulp and apical periodontitis.

Detailed description

Foraminal enlargement (FE) is an intentional procedure that enlarges the cement canal. However, some RCTs indicate that enlarging the FE causes postoperative pain, flare-up, and destroy the apical constriction, whilst some RCTs pointed out there is no difference in terms of pain when a FE has been performed. The investigators, therefore, would like to conduct a RCT to increase both sample size and the number of published studies to do a systematic review for this topic.

Conditions

Interventions

TypeNameDescription
PROCEDUREForaminal enlargementAfter determining the working length, a flexible size 30 K-file will be inserted 1 mm beyond the WL and the apical foramen will be enlarged.

Timeline

Start date
2016-01-01
Primary completion
2016-02-01
Completion
2016-05-01
First posted
2016-05-12
Last updated
2016-10-31

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov record NCT02770053. Inclusion in this directory is not an endorsement.