Success and Quality of Life Following Complete Pulpotomy and Root Canal Treatment

Postgraduate Institute of Dental Sciences Rohtak

Status: Unknown

Conditions: Irreversible Pulpitis

Treatments: Procedure: Pulpotomy; Procedure: root canal treatment

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT05190406

Kanagadurga

Details and patient eligibility

About

The purpose of this study is to compare the Success and quality of life following complete pulpotomy and root canal treatment in teeth with clinical signs indicative of irreversible pulpitis.

Full description

After thorough history and clinical and radiographic examination, and confirmation of eligibility for the study, risks and benefits associated with the procedure will be explained and written informed consent will be taken from the patients. Study subjects will be randomly allocated to either Complete pulpotomy or Root canal treatment Group.

Enrollment: 100 estimated patients

Sex: All

Ages: 14 to 60 years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Mature permanent restorable mandibular molar teeth.
• Tooth should give positive response to pulp sensibility testing.
• Clinical diagnosis of irreversible pulpitis with PAI score≤2.
• Tooth with probing pocket depth and mobility are within normal limits.
• Non-contributory medical history.

Exclusion criteria

• Teeth with immature roots.
• No pulp exposure after caries excavation.
• Bleeding could not be controlled in 6 minutes.
• Insufficient bleeding after pulp exposure, the pulp is judged necrotic or partially necrotic.
• Absence of antagonist tooth.
• Positive history of antibiotic use in the past 1 month or requiring antibiotic prophylaxis
• Had taken analgesic in past 3 days.
• Tooth with periapical lesion visible on radiograph

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Single Blind

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100 participants in 2 patient groups

Pulpotomy

Experimental group

Description:

complete pulpotomy will be done till the level of root canal orifice.

Treatment:

Procedure: Pulpotomy

Root canal treatment

Active Comparator group

Description:

Single visit root canal treatment will be done according to standard protocol.

Treatment:

Procedure: root canal treatment