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Effect of Root Canal Treatment (Versus no Treatment) for Patients With Tooth Infections and Toothaches

NCT01870973 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 108

Last updated 2015-06-18

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Summary

The purpose of this study is to evaluate patients with emergency pain and a sore (infected) tooth to determine if immediate root canal therapy is better at reducing pain, when compared to initial treatment with antibiotic and pain medication followed by root canal therapy. Each participant will be randomly assigned a number, which will determine if they will receive initial endodontic treatment that day or at a later date. Each participant will receive an anesthetic injection, pain medication and a prescription for an antibiotic. They will be asked to keep a diary to record their pain level after the injection and their pain levels and the amount and type of pain medication taken each day for the next 5 days. Participants who did not receive root canal therapy at the initial appointment will receive it after the 5 day postoperative period. The pain levels and medication use will be compared between the treatment and nontreatment groups.

Conditions

  • Postoperative Pain

Interventions

PROCEDURE

root canal treatment, anesthesia, pain medications, and antibiotic

Root canal treatment is the intervention (no initial treatment versus initial treatment). We are not studying a drug or device.

PROCEDURE

no root canal treatment, anesthesia, pain medications, and antibiotic

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Ohio State University

    lead OTHER

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2013-03-31
Primary Completion
2014-06-30
Completion
2014-06-30

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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