Postoperative Pain After the Removal of Root Canal Filling Material

TC Erciyes University

Status and phase: Completed; Early Phase 1

Conditions: Postoperative Pain

Treatments: Other: root canal retreatment; Other: root canal therapy

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT02905773

232/2015

Details and patient eligibility

About

The aim of this study was to evaluate the intensity and duration of postoperative pain after the removal of root canal filling material in retreatment procedures of upper incisor teeth with chronic apical periodontitis, using different techniques.

The patients were assigned to three groups of 45 patients, according to the method used to remove old canal filling material. The presence of postoperative pain was assessed after 6, 12, 24, 48, and 72 hours, 7 days, and finally after 10 days.

The hypothesis of this study: there would be no difference in postoperative pain intensity among the groups.

Enrollment: 135 patients

Sex: All

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• asymptomatic incisor teeth with chronic apical periodontitis
• patients between 18-55 years of age

Exclusion criteria

• patients with systemic disease

Trial design

135 participants in 2 patient groups

postoperative pain

Other group

Description:

postoperative pain

Treatment:

Other: root canal therapy

intensity

Other group

Description:

intensity

Treatment:

Other: root canal retreatment