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NCT Number: NCT01201681

DPBRN Peri-operative Pain and Root Canal Therapy

The purpose of this study is to identify pre-operative factors that put patients at greater risk of developing severe tooth pain following root canal therapy, thereby providing evidence that will allow dentists to act preventively to lessen this risk, improve pain control, increase their patients' quality of life, and decrease the number of dental emergency interactions.

A parallel goal of this study is to assess the feasibility of recruiting dentists that provide root canal therapy and patients using the DPBRN.

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Key information

Conditions

Post-operative Tooth Pain Neurologic Manifestations Pain Pain, Postoperative Pathologic Processes Pathological Conditions, Signs and Symptoms Postoperative Complications Root Canal Therapy Signs and Symptoms

Age range

19 year–70 year

Sex eligibility

All sexes

Study type

Observational

Primary location

University of Copenhagen Royal Dental College, Copenhagen, Denmark

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About this study

Goals for this study is to:

  • Assess the frequency and intensity of pre-operative pain
  • Evaluate the occurence and intensity of intra-operative pain
  • Evaluate the occurence and intensity of post-operative pain
  • Assess the interference of persistent tooth pain with daily life
  • Identify a limited set of risk factors related to the development of post-operative pain.

Who can participate

Healthy volunteers accepted: Yes

Only the study team can determine whether someone qualifies for participation.

Inclusion criteria

  • 19-70 years old
  • permanent adult tooth requiring it first non-surgical root canal therapy
  • patients with more than 1 tooth requiring root canal therapy are eligible, but only the first root canal procedure performed will be included to avoid problems of correlation within patients

Exclusion criteria

  • Evidence of prior root canal therapy, including iatrogenic, but not disease-induced, pulp access of the tooth being considered
  • patients with obvious cognitive impairments (e.g., past stroke with communication deficits, dementia, mental disability)
  • patients unable to return for 6 month follow-up, since another study plans to obtain data of these patients at that time (DPBRN Persistent Tooth Pain)

Sponsors and collaborators

Lead sponsor

Dental Practice-Based Research Network

Network

Collaborators

  • HealthPartners Institute
  • Kaiser Permanente
  • National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research (NIDCR)
  • Permanente Dental Associates Group, Oregon
  • University of Alabama at Birmingham
  • University of Copenhagen
  • University of Florida
  • University of Minnesota

Registry information

Official study title

Peri-operative Pain and Root Canal Therapy

Important dates

Study start
2010
Primary completion
2011
Study completion
2011
First posted
Sep 14, 2010
Registry last updated
Sep 20, 2011

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This listing is for discovery and informational purposes only. It is not medical advice, does not guarantee that a study is recruiting, and does not determine eligibility. Contact the study team and a qualified healthcare professional when considering participation.

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