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How vacuum drainage can help treat dental infections: a patient study

Use of vacuum drainage in odontogenic infections: a randomized clinical trial

Status
Active, not recruiting
Phases
Unknown
Study type
Interventional
Source
REBEC
Registry ID
RBR-8b3rrkq
Enrollment
Unknown
Registered
2025-03-07
Start date
2023-10-01
Completion date
Unknown
Last updated
2025-10-27

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

Conditions

Cellulitis and mouth abscess

Interventions

This is a randomized, controlled, two-arm, open-label clinical trial that will include 60 patients with deep odontogenic infection, randomly distributed into two groups, 30 patients undergoing vacuum

Sponsors

Universidade Federal dos Vales do Jequitinhonha e Mucuri
Lead Sponsor
Hospital Metropolitano Odilon Behrens
Collaborator

Eligibility

Age
18 Years to No maximum

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: Patients over 18 years of age; both sexes; hospitalized due to severe odontogenic infection and with indication of extraoral drainage in primary facial spaces: buccal, submandibular and/or submental; Such patients must be classified by the American Anesthesiology Association (ASA), as ASA I - good general health or ASA II - compensated underlying disease

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: Patients with a history of hypersensitivity to any of the components of the medications used; patients classified as American Association of Anesthesiology - ASA III or ASA IV; patients with tuberculosis, collagen vascular diseases, multiple sclerosis, Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) infection, and other autoimmune diseases; pregnant and breastfeeding women; patients with cognitive disorders that make it impossible to understand and execute commands; withdrawal of consent

Design outcomes

Primary

MeasureTime frame
It is expected to find a reduction in hospital stay time

Secondary

MeasureTime frame
It is expected to find an improvement in the reduction of trismus;A reduction in the CRP test and the number of leukocytes is expected.

Countries

Brazil

Contacts

Public ContactRafael Magesty

Universidade Federal dos Vales do Jequitinhonha e Mucuri

rafael.magesty@ufvjm.edu.br+55-38-35326063

Outcome results

None listed

Source: REBEC (via WHO ICTRP)