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UnknownNCT03055975

Prevalence of Bacteria Following Endodontic Treatment

Prevalence and Phenotype of Oral Enterococcus Faecalis

Status
Unknown
Phase
Study type
Observational
Enrollment
200 (estimated)
Sponsor
King's College London · Academic / Other
Sex
All
Age
18 Years – 65 Years
Healthy volunteers
Not accepted

Summary

Sampling of accessed root canals with endodontic paper points during treatment and immediately pre-obturation of endodontic root canals was carried out.

Detailed description

Following ethical approval (REC ref: 05/Q0705/051), informed consent was obtained from patients undergoing root canal treatment.The teeth included in the study had been referred to a specialist centre for the treatment of endodontic infection. They all responded negatively to vitality tests and presented pre-operative apical radiolucencies. The source population were referred by their general dental practitioner into specialist endodontic clinics of Guy's Hospital, King's College London Dental Institute.Treatments on the teeth were carried out by a total of 19 postgraduate endodontic students.

Conditions

Interventions

TypeNameDescription
DIAGNOSTIC_TESTDetection of residual vital bacteria in the root canal spaceDetection of residual vital bacteria in the root canal space. No intervention, as it is an observational study. Vital bacteria are looked for in the samples taken from the root canal space.

Timeline

Start date
2013-01-30
Primary completion
2017-05-30
Completion
2018-10-30
First posted
2017-02-16
Last updated
2017-02-17

Locations

1 site across 1 country: United Kingdom

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov record NCT03055975. Inclusion in this directory is not an endorsement.