Status:
COMPLETED
The Use of Platelet-Rich Fibrin in Partial Pulpotomy Procedure
Lead Sponsor:
Damascus University
Conditions:
Pulpitis
Eligibility:
All Genders
12-16 years
Phase:
NA
Brief Summary
The aim of this study is to evaluate the clinical and histological pulp responses when MTA and a combined of MTA/PRF is used as pulp-capping agents after partial pulpotomy.
Detailed Description
Partial pulpotomy is generally considered as the treatment of choice for immature permanent teeth with reversible injury. Mineral trioxide aggregate (MTA) is a gold standard material as pulp capping a...
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion
- No systemic disease and no medication consumption.
- Participants, with healthy first premolars in either of the jaws, assigned for orthodontic extraction (scheduled extraction of the maxillary/mandibular premolars).
- The premolar teeth needed to be fully erupted.
- The premolar teeth needed to respond within the normal range to cold testing and heat testing.
- The patients' parents had read, signed and thoroughly understood the informed consent.
Exclusion
- Presence of systematic disease and medication consumption of any type.
- Anti-inflammatory medicine taken before and during the time of study.
- Premolars with caries, restoration or any abnormality on periapical radiographs.
- If the premolar teeth were not fully erupted.
- If the premolar teeth revealed a lingering pain (a pain sensation that had the tendency to linger as a dull ache after the stimulus had been removed upon cold testing and heat testing).
Key Trial Info
Start Date :
May 1 2020
Trial Type :
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation :
ACTUAL
End Date :
December 23 2021
Estimated Enrollment :
12 Patients enrolled
Trial Details
Trial ID
NCT04331964
Start Date
May 1 2020
End Date
December 23 2021
Last Update
February 14 2022
Active Locations (1)
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Department of Endodontics and Operative Dentistry, University of Damascus Dental School, Damascus, Syria
Damascus, Syria, DM20AM18