Betamethasone to Control Postoperative Pain in Emergency Endodontic Care

• Status: Completed
• Trial end date: 2005-12-01
• Target enrollment: 0
• Participant gender: All

Summary

The objective of this randomized double-blind study was to evaluate the effect of betamethasone in the control of postoperative pain in patients undergoing endodontic treatment.

• Phase: N/A
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers?: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Details

• Lead Sponsor: Federal University of the Valleys of Jequitinhonha and Mucuri
• Collaborator: University of Campinas, Brazil
• Treatments: Betamethasone; Betamethasone benzoate; Betamethasone sodium phosphate; Betamethasone Valerate; Betamethasone-17,21-dipropionate

Criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

• Individuals had to have a tooth with pain of endodontic origin justifying emergency care;

• Individuals diagnosed with irreversible pulpitis or necrosis associated to pericementitis.

Exclusion Criteria:

Individuals who presented:

• Pregnancy or lactation;

• Use of corticosteroids;

• History of hypersensitivity to the drugs used in this study;

• Pain associated with abscesses of endodontic origin;

• Individuals with tuberculosis;

• Individuals with systemic fungal infections;

• Individuals with simple ocular herpes;

• Individuals with glaucoma;

• Individuals with acute psychosis.

• Individuals with psychotic tendencies.