Status:

UNKNOWN

Single And Multiple-visit Endodontic Retreatment Outcome.

Lead Sponsor:

Postgraduate Institute of Dental Sciences Rohtak

Conditions:

Apical Periodontitis

Eligibility:

All Genders

18-75 years

Phase:

NA

Brief Summary

This study will compare the outcome of single visit retreatment and multi-visit retreatment in cases of failed root canal treated teeth.

Detailed Description

Retreatment is defined as a procedure to remove root canal filling materials from the tooth, followed by cleaning, shaping and obturating the canals.Although initial root canal therapy has been shown ...

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

  • Patient willingness to participate in the study.
  • Previously root filled Permanent teeth with post-treatment apical periodontitis requiring nonsurgical root canal retreatment.
  • Failure of previous root canal treatment will be determined based on clinical and radiographic findings. Clinical indicators of failure will include pain, tenderness to palpation/percussion, swelling, sinus tract.Radiographic criteria will include persistent periapical radiolucent lesions in teeth in which initial treatments were performed at least 4 years previously.
  • Root canal fillings no more than 4mm short of the apex.
  • Patients showing no significant systemic disease

Exclusion

  • Patients who are pregnant, diabetic, immunocompromised, serious medical illness or requiring antibiotic premedication.
  • Patient under 18 years of age.
  • Patient under corticosteroid use.
  • Patients with history of antibiotic use in last 3 months or analgesic use in last one week will also be excluded.
  • Multiple teeth that require treatment to eliminate the possibility of pain referral.Patients with unrestorable carious lesions, fractures involving the periodontium, and/or periodontal pockets ≥ 4mm deep or having marginal or furcal bone loss due to periodontitis .
  • Teeth with the procedural errors preventing access to apical third and missed canals will be excluded.
  • Teeth that are not suitable for rubber dam isolation.
  • Teeth with intraradicular post.

Key Trial Info

Start Date :

December 15 2019

Trial Type :

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation :

ESTIMATED

End Date :

June 15 2021

Estimated Enrollment :

90 Patients enrolled

Trial Details

Trial ID

NCT04390789

Start Date

December 15 2019

End Date

June 15 2021

Last Update

May 18 2020

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Post graduate institute of dental sciences

Rohtak, Haryana, India, 124001

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Sanjay Tewari

Rohtak, Haryana, India, 124001