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THE EFFECT OF MAINTAINING APICAL PATENCY ON POST OPERATIVE PAIN

To assess effect of maintaining apical patency on post operative pain in posterior teeth: A Prospective Randomised Clinical Trial

Status
Active, not recruiting
Phases
Phase 1
Study type
Interventional
Source
CTRI
Registry ID
CTRI/2021/04/033217
Enrollment
112
Registered
2021-04-28
Start date
Unknown
Completion date
Unknown
Last updated
2021-11-24

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Conditions

Health Condition 1: K040- Pulpitis

Interventions

Intervention1: APICAL PATENCY GROUP: APICAL PATENCY IS MAINTAINED USING 10 NO K FILE DURING BIOMECHANICAL PREPARATION Control Intervention1: NON APICAL PATENCY GROUP: APICAL PATENCY IS NOT MAINTAINED

Sponsors

Pooja yadav
Lead Sponsor

Eligibility

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: 1)Patients age 21 years and above of either gender. 2)Healthy co-operative adults were taken in the study who were willing to participate. Only patients requiring endodontic treatment with vital maxillary or mandibular posterior teeth with irreversible pulpitis were included.

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: 1)Patients with non-vital pulp. 2)Presence of complications during treatment (impossibility to achieve apical patency in any canal, calcified canals). 3)Medically compromised mentally challenged adults. 4)Pregnancy or breast feeding. 5)Cases of grossly decayed teeth where rubber dam isolation was difficult. 6)Re treatment cases. 7)Use of anti-inflammatory analgesics and psychotropic drugs over 3 months. 8)Patients with restricted mouth opening. 9)Patients who have taken medication for pre-operative pain. 10)Failure to obtain patients consent.

Design outcomes

Primary

MeasureTime frame
Incidence of post-operative pain in posterior vital teeth with irreversible pulpitis maintaining apical patencyTimepoint: 7 days

Secondary

MeasureTime frame
To compare the intensity of post-operative pain with and without maintaining apical patency in posterior vital teeth with irreversible pulpitis.Timepoint: 7 days

Countries

India

Contacts

Public ContactPOOJA YADAV

BHARATI VIDYAPEETH DENTAL COLLEGE

drakjain5@gmail.com09653695620

Outcome results

None listed

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