Status:
COMPLETED
DPBRN Peri-operative Pain and Root Canal Therapy
Lead Sponsor:
Dental Practice-Based Research Network
Collaborating Sponsors:
National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research (NIDCR)
HealthPartners Institute
Conditions:
Post-operative Tooth Pain
Root Canal Therapy
Eligibility:
All Genders
19-70 years
Brief Summary
The purpose of this study is to identify pre-operative factors that put patients at greater risk of developing severe tooth pain following root canal therapy, thereby providing evidence that will allo...
Detailed Description
Goals for this study is to: * Assess the frequency and intensity of pre-operative pain * Evaluate the occurence and intensity of intra-operative pain * Evaluate the occurence and intensity of post-op...
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion
- 19-70 years old
- permanent adult tooth requiring it first non-surgical root canal therapy
- patients with more than 1 tooth requiring root canal therapy are eligible, but only the first root canal procedure performed will be included to avoid problems of correlation within patients
Exclusion
- Evidence of prior root canal therapy, including iatrogenic, but not disease-induced, pulp access of the tooth being considered
- patients with obvious cognitive impairments (e.g., past stroke with communication deficits, dementia, mental disability)
- patients unable to return for 6 month follow-up, since another study plans to obtain data of these patients at that time (DPBRN Persistent Tooth Pain)
Key Trial Info
Start Date :
July 1 2010
Trial Type :
OBSERVATIONAL
Allocation :
ESTIMATED
End Date :
September 1 2011
Estimated Enrollment :
500 Patients enrolled
Trial Details
Trial ID
NCT01201681
Start Date
July 1 2010
End Date
September 1 2011
Last Update
September 20 2011
Active Locations (8)
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1
University of Alabama at Birmingham
Birmingham, Alabama, United States, 35294-0007
2
University of Florida College of Dentistry
Gainesville, Florida, United States, 32610
3
Health Partners Dental Group
Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States, 55440-1309
4
Health Partners Research Foundation
Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States, 55440-1524