NCT06657664

Effect of Cryotherapy and Laser Application on Post-Operative Pain in Single Visit Endodontically Treated Symptomatic Apical Periodontitis Cases

Effect of Cryotherapy and Laser on Post-Operative Pain in Single Visit Endodontically Treated Symptomatic Apical Periodontitis Cases

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 45 (actual)
• Sponsor: Tanta University · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years – 40 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

This study compare the effect of applying ice after single visit endodontic treatment with lasers to reduce post operative pain .

Detailed description

one of the most popular complications after single visit endodontic treatment is pain either spontaneous or on biting so in this study we choose one of the most difficult and challenging cases " Hot tooth " to compare lasers and cryotherapy different applications to reduce post operative pain after single visit endodontic treatment

Conditions

• Irriversible Pulpitis With Apical Peridontitis
• Hot Tooth

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
PROCEDURE	cryotherapy with sterile saline at 2.5ºC	the root canals are given a final irrigation with 20 mL cold (2.5oC) saline solution for 5 minutes before obturation
PROCEDURE	intaoral cryotherapy	ice sticks (wrapped in sterile gauze if needed) using plastic pipette droppers filled with freezed sterile water are placed intraorally in the mouth on the apices of the treated tooth on both buccal and palatal sides for 30 minutes
PROCEDURE	Both intracanal and intraoral cryotherapy	Canal is irrigated with iced saline for 5 minutes before obturation . Root canal is obturated and coronal restoration is done. Then, application of intraoral cryotherapy is performed by ice sticks for 30 minutes.
DEVICE	Low Level Laser Therapy	laser irradiation on the soft tissues covering the apices of the tooth on both buccal and palatal surfaces respectively
PROCEDURE	Control (Standard treatment)	, all occlusal contacts were reduced by 1 mm

Timeline

• Start date: 2023-08-01
• Primary completion: 2024-09-01
• Completion: 2024-10-10
• First posted: 2024-10-24
• Last updated: 2024-10-24

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Egypt

Regulatory

• FDA-regulated device study