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Placebo Modulation of Orthodontic Pain

NCT03689517 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 23

Last updated 2018-09-28

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Summary

How placebo modulates orthodontic pain remains largely unknown. The present study aimed to investigate the placebo modulation of brain activity associated with orthodontic pain using fMRI.

Conditions

Interventions

OTHER

placebo

participants took placebos (pills made by starch) that were told to be an effective analgesic.

DEVICE

orthodontic elastic separators

Orthodontic pain was introduced by placement of orthodontic elastic separators to the mesial and distal sides of the right mandibular first molar.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • West China Hospital

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Wenli Lai, Prof · West China hospital of stomatology

Study Design

Allocation
NON_RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
SINGLE
Model
SINGLE_GROUP

Eligibility

Min Age
20 Years
Max Age
25 Years
Sex
FEMALE
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2014-08-07
Primary Completion
2016-07-08
Completion
2016-12-07

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