NCT04552132

Postoperative Pain and Healing in Teeth Treated With GentleWave or EndoActivator

Postoperative Pain and Healing of Molar Root Canal Teeth Using GentleWave vs. EndoActivator

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 63 (actual)
• Sponsor: St. Louis University · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Accepted

Summary

Patients with painful molars will be randomly assigned to 2 different groups: GentleWave and EndoActivator. The root canals will be completed using identical protocols except in the mode of delivery and activation of irrigation (using either the GentleWave or EndoActivator). Postoperative pain and pain pill consumption will be measured for the 4 days following their root canal using a Visual Analog Scale and Pain Pill Log, respectively. The alternative hypothesis is that patients undergoing treatment using the GentleWave will experience less pain postoperatively and will consume fewer pain pills. A 12-month follow up with exam and radiographs will be completed to evaluate healing.

Conditions

• Symptomatic Irreversible Pulpitis
• Apical Periodontitis

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
DEVICE	Multisonic vs Sonic activation of irrigants	Energy is input into the intracanal irrigants for activation in the hopes of increasing irrigant efficacy.

Timeline

• Start date: 2020-09-30
• Primary completion: 2022-03-16
• Completion: 2022-03-16
• First posted: 2020-09-17
• Last updated: 2023-06-15
• Results posted: 2023-06-15

Locations

1 site across 1 country: United States

Regulatory

• FDA-regulated device study