Status:

UNKNOWN

Comparative Evaluation of an Electrical Impedance Device Versus Digital Radiography in Estimation of Remaining Dentin Thickness

Lead Sponsor:

Rawda Hesham Abd ElAziz

Conditions:

Caries,Dental

Deep Caries

Eligibility:

All Genders

12-25 years

Phase:

NA

Brief Summary

The research question was that in patients with carious posterior permanent teeth, would the electrical impedance device be as valid as digital radiography in estimation of remaining dentin thickness?...

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

  • Participants eligible for this study were those aged from 18 y to 28 y,
  • willing to join the study
  • with clinically detectable occlusal or proximal carious vital permanent molar teeth with closed apex and healthy periodontal supporting.
  • The minimum extension of the carious cavity should be at least 1 mm in width to accommodate with the probe of the prepometer

Exclusion

  • Excluded participants were those with poor oral hygiene,
  • severe medical complications,
  • showing signs and symptoms of irreversible or necrotic pulp pathology also when the affected tooth was with extended buccal or lingual caries, extending clinically beyond ¼ dentin thickness or previously restored.

Key Trial Info

Start Date :

February 1 2023

Trial Type :

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation :

ESTIMATED

End Date :

December 20 2023

Estimated Enrollment :

67 Patients enrolled

Trial Details

Trial ID

NCT06162182

Start Date

February 1 2023

End Date

December 20 2023

Last Update

December 8 2023

Active Locations (2)

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Faculty of Dentistry

Cairo, Egypt, 11331

2

Cairo University

Cairo, Egypt