Effect of Cryotherapy on Post-endodontic Pain

Gulf Medical University

Status: Completed

Conditions: Cryotherapy

Treatments: Procedure: Cryotherapy; Procedure: Occlusal reduction

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT05722704

IRB/COD/STD/14/May-2022

Details and patient eligibility

About

The goal of this clinical trial is to compare Cryotherapy with occlusal reduction in the reduction of post-endodontic pain in molars with symptomatic apical periodontitis. The main question it aims to answer is:

Is there is a difference in post-endodontic pain intensity following cryotherapy or occlusal reduction in patients with symptomatic apical periodontitis on mandibular first molars?

Participants will undergo root canal treatment including cryotherapy or post-operative occlusal reduction.

Researchers will compare [Cryotherapy, occlusal reduction, and no intervention] to see the intensity of post-endodontic pain.

Full description

The study will be conducted on 60 first mandibular molars; with 20 first mandibular molars in each group (n=20). The patient will be asked to pick an opaque sealed envelope that will contain a number from 1 to 3. The resultant number will determine in which group the participants will be placed. Double blinding will be maintained in this study as the operator and the patients will not be aware of their group/used root canal irrigant.

Group I : normal room temperature saline irrigation protocol without occlusal reduction.

Group II : normal room temperature saline irrigation protocol with occlusal reduction.

Group III : final irrigation with cold saline (2.5 C°- 4 C°) without occlusal reduction.

Procedural steps:

1. Vitality will be assessed using cold tests and electric pulp testing before the procedure is carried out. Besides, mobility, palpation, and percussion tests will be done to assess periapical health. In order to ensure that the cold and electrical pulp tests are working, and a response is elicited, both tests will be carried out on patients not included in the study.
2. All the patients will receive local anesthesia: 2% lidocaine with 1:100,000 epinephrine.
3. Each tooth will be isolated using a rubber dam, and the access cavity will be prepared using a round bur (no.4) and tapered fissure diamond bur under copious water.
4. After removal of coronal pulp tissues using a sterile excavator, the working length will be determined with stainless steel hand K-files size #10 and the use of an apex locator and confirmed using intraoral periapical radiographs.
5. Hand instrumentation to 15-size K files.
6. All the canals will be prepared using ProTaper Gold rotary files till the master apical file F2.
7. Apical patency will be maintained throughout the shaping procedure using the #10 file between each instrument.
8. All the canals will be irrigated with 10 mL of 3% NaOCl between each file during the whole preparation procedure.
9. In group I the root canals will be obturated directly after preparation.
10. In group II occlusal reduction will be performed after root canal preparation.
11. For group III the root canals will be irrigated for 5 min using 20 ml cryo-treated saline maintained at a temperature of 2°C-4°C.
12. After completion of cleaning and shaping dried using appropriate size paper points and the canals will be obturated using gutta-percha, and restored by permanent composite restoration.

Enrollment: 60 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18 to 70 years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

1. Age: 18-70 years
2. A patient diagnosed with symptomatic irreversible pulpitis/acute apical periodontitis
3. require endodontic therapy
4. Mandibular first molars that are diagnosed with symptomatic irreversible pulpitis/acute apical periodontitis
5. Healthy patients without systemic disease
6. Permanent mature first mandibular molars

Exclusion criteria

1. Medically compromised patients
2. Pregnant patients
3. Teeth with incomplete apex formation
4. Teeth with calcified canals
5. Periapical abscess
6. Patients on antibiotic therapy

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Double Blind

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60 participants in 3 patient groups

Cryotherapy

Experimental group

Description:

Final irrigation with cold saline (2.5C-4C) without occlusal reduction

Treatment:

Procedure: Cryotherapy

Occlusal reduction

Active Comparator group

Description:

Normal room temperature saline irrigation protocol with occlusal reduction

Treatment:

Procedure: Occlusal reduction

Control

No Intervention group

Description:

Normal room temperature saline irrigation protocol without occlusal reduction