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Assessment of pain after injection inside the tooth with different size needles during root canal treatment

Assessment of pain during intrapulpal anesthesia administered using different needle gaugesâ?? A double blinded randomized clinical trial

Status
Recruiting
Phases
Phase 3
Study type
Interventional
Source
CTRI
Registry ID
CTRI/2018/08/015227
Enrollment
100
Registered
2018-08-07
Start date
Unknown
Completion date
Unknown
Last updated
2021-11-24

For informational purposes only — not medical advice. Sourced from public registries and may not reflect the latest updates. Terms

Conditions

Health Condition 1: null- patients requiring root canal treatment in lower molars with symptomatic irreversible pulpitis

Interventions

Intervention1: Group3: (31 G): - Intrapulpal anesthesia using 31-gauge needle with 2% lignocaine with adrenaline 1:80000 without topical anesthesia. Intervention2: Group 3: (31 G) Group 4: (31 G with

Sponsors

Dr N Velmurugan
Lead Sponsor

Eligibility

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: 1.Patients diagnosed with symptomatic irreversible pulpitis planned for endodontic treatment in mandibular molars. (VAS score > 6). 2. Failed Inferior alveolar nerve block.

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: 1. Immature young permanent teeth. 2. Teeth that do not respond to traditional vitality tests. 3. Cases of necrotic pulp, periapical lesion, dentoalveolar abscess. 4. Medically compromised patients. 5. Patients under long term medications that influence pain threshold. 6. Retreatment cases 7. Patients with a history of intake of analgesics, steroids and / or antibiotics in the recent past 48 hours.

Design outcomes

Primary

MeasureTime frame
The level of pain will be assessed using Heft Parkerâ??s Visual analogue scaleTimepoint: During intrapulpal injection

Secondary

MeasureTime frame
The level of pain will be assessed using Heft Parkerâ??s Visual analogue scaleTimepoint: During pulp extirpation

Countries

India

Contacts

Public ContactDr S Nandini

Meenakshi Ammal Dental College

nandini_80@hotmail.com9884292850

Outcome results

None listed

Source: CTRI (via WHO ICTRP) · Data processed: Feb 4, 2026