Anesthetic Efficacy of Articaine and Lidocaine in Lower Molars With Irreversible Pulpits

• Status: Completed
• Trial end date: 2011-01-01
• Target enrollment: 0
• Participant gender: All

Summary

The aim of this study was to verify the effectiveness of an anesthetic called articaine for dental treatment, comparing it with an anesthetic commonly used in dental clinic: lidocaine. Two types of local anesthesia (oral injection) in accordance with the solution used were performed. For patients anesthetized with articaine, an injection of anesthesia close to the tooth to be treated was used. For the anesthetic lidocaine an injection on the cheek at the bottom of the mouth was made. Differences between both techniques are mainly regarding the area of numbness. In the injection with articaine only a small part of the lip and the tooth was anesthetized. With lidocaine injection, the lower region of the entire side of the tooth and half of the tongue on the same side was numbed. The treatment was electronic randomized and there was equal chance to one or another treatment. The investigators are studying this new form of anesthesia (near the tooth that was treated) to see if it can numb the tooth to an emergency treatment, if it really decreases the feeling of numbness and discomfort during the service. Patients receiving articaine were submitted to cone beam exam at no cost.

• Phase: Phase 4
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers?: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Details

• Lead Sponsor: University of Campinas, Brazil
• Collaborator: Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de São Paulo
• Treatments: Anesthetics; Carticaine; Epinephrine; Epinephryl borate; Lidocaine; Racepinephrine

Criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

• long-lasting moderate to severe pain during cold test

• absence of periapical radiolucency except for a widened periodontal ligament (evaluated in periapical radiographs)

• vital coronal pulp on access opening

Exclusion Criteria:

• Previous history of allergy to local anesthetics

• Subjects with systemic diseases

• Pregnancy and lactation

• Subjects taking any kind of medication that could change or influence the outcome of this research

• Subjects without painful symptoms

• Negative thermal testing, periapical lesion, incomplete root formation, presence of fistula or abscess, cracks or fractures