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NCT Number: NCT05723900

Evaluation of Pulp Response to Castor Oil

The present study was conducted to evaluate and compare pulp response to Castor oil versus Formocresol as Pulpotomy Medicaments in Primary Teeth

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Key information

Conditions

Pulp Response to Castor Oil

Age range

7 year–9 year

Sex eligibility

All sexes

Study type

Interventional

Phase

Not applicable

Primary location

Faculty of dentistry

Tanta, Egypt

Who can participate

Healthy volunteers accepted: Yes

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

Inclusion criteria

  • healthy cooperative children with sound primary canines indicated for extraction for orthodontic reasons

Exclusion criteria

  • caries primary canines Presence of systemic pathology

Treatment and study plan

Castor Oil

Drug

Procedure :pulpotomy procedure and histological evaluation. A sample of sixty two primary teeth from thirty healthy cooperative children of both sexes who were between 7-9 years and referred to Pediatric Dentistry Department. Two sound teeth without pulpotomy procedure were extracted and subjected to histological procedures to examine the normal pulp tissue and tissue organization (Negative control). The pulpotomy procedure was performed in sixty primary teeth (by split mouth design).

group I treated with castor oil

Formocresol

Drug

Group II treated with formocresol

Primary outcomes

  1. The degree of pulp inflammation using score.

    Time frame: 2 weeks to 3 months

    The degree of pulp inflammation using scores from 0 to 5 , 0 mean no inflammation ,5 mean abscess formation .

    Measurement the effect of the castor oil as pulp medicament in treated teeth which subjected to decalcification procedure for histological evaluation under light microscope

  2. The presence or absence of dentin chips formation by using scores 0 or 1.

    Time frame: 2 weeks to 3 months

    The presence or absence of dentin chips formation by using scores 0 or 1.

    Measurement the effect of the castor oil as pulp medicament in treated teeth which subjected to decalcification procedure for histological evaluation under light microscope

Sponsors and collaborators

Lead sponsor

Tanta University

Other

Registry information

Official study title

Comparative Evaluation of Pulp Response to Castor Oil Versus Formocresol as Pulpotomy Medicaments in Primary Teeth :An in Vivo Study

Important dates

Study start
2022
Primary completion
2022
Study completion
2022
First posted
Feb 13, 2023
Registry last updated
Feb 13, 2023

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