Effect of Smoking on Periapical Healing After NSRCT

Postgraduate Institute of Dental Sciences Rohtak

Status

Completed

Conditions

Apical Periodontitis

Treatments

Procedure: Non Surgical Root Canal Treatment

Study type

Observational

Funder types

Other

Identifiers

NCT05799937

PGIDS/BHRC/21/35

Details and patient eligibility

About

Goal of this prospective observational study is determine effect of smoking on periapical healing after NSRCT. Population includes systemically healthy smokers with radiographic evidence of apical periodontitis will be recruited and compared with same type of population of non smokers after non surgical root canal treatment intervention in both the groups. Outcome will be assessed using periapical index scoring system at 6 and 12 months follow up period

Full description

The clinical and radiological success of primary non-surgical endodontic treatment in smoker & nonsmoker patients will be compared between both groups and smoking cessation effect on periapical healing will be assessed.

The correlation between the self-reported smoking status & smoking status by urine analysis

Enrollment

116 patients

Sex

All

Ages

18 to 80 years old

Volunteers

No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

systemically healthy patients of age 18 years and above, known current smoker patient , a non-smoker or former smoker patient ,should have at least minimum 8 teeth in oral cavity, requiring periapical radiographs of teeth with periapical pathosis

Exclusion criteria

Pregnant or patient having systemic disorders, those patients who are non-compliant and not maintaining oral hygiene, teeth requiring retreatment and having procedural errors. Teeth that are not suitable for rubber dam isolation, teeth that have advanced periodontal disease and having endo-perio lesions and, patients requiring endocarditis prophylaxis