NCT03527602

FE in Anterior Teeth

Enlargement of Apical Foramen in Anterior Teeth With Apical Periodontitis and Postoperative Pain and Flare-up Rate.

• Status: Unknown
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 40 (estimated)
• Sponsor: Isparta Military Hospital · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Accepted

Summary

The purpose of this study is to determine whether enlarging the apical foramen causes postoperative pain in maxillary anterior teeth with 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 in maxillary anterior teeth with apical periodontitis. We will assess the risk of postoperative pain as risk ratio (RR). The binary (dichotomous) data: 0-44 mm: Mild or no pain; 45-100 mm: Moderate to severe pain.

Conditions

• Pain, Postoperative
• Apical Periodontitis

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
PROCEDURE	Foraminal enlargement	After determining the working length, a rotary file will be inserted 1 mm beyond the WL and the apical foramen will be enlarged.

Timeline

• Start date: 2017-11-05
• Primary completion: 2018-08-01
• Completion: 2018-08-05
• First posted: 2018-05-17
• Last updated: 2018-07-06

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Turkey (Türkiye)