Different Concentrations of Sodium Hypochlorite Affecting Post-endodontic Pain

• Status: Recruiting
• Trial end date: 2023-10-31
• Target enrollment: 0
• Participant gender: All

Summary

This is a randomized, prospective, double-blind, clinical trial to assess the effect of 3% and 6% sodium hypochlorite (NaOCl) as irrigant on postendodontic pain and rescue medication intake following single visit root canal treatment

• Phase: Phase 1
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers?: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Details

• Lead Sponsor: Armed Forces Institute of Dentistry, Pakistan

Criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

• Healthy individuals between 18 to 55 years

• First and second mandibular molar diagnosed with irreversible pulpitis due to caries

• Patients with moderate pain will be selected, VAS score (4 - 6).

• Normal periapical radiographic appearance

• Mild tender to percussion

• No allergies to articaine

Exclusion Criteria:

• Patients who have taken analgesic or anti-inflammatory drugs within 6 hours before treatment visit

• Pregnant or lactating patients

• Teeth with severe periodontal disease

• Teeth that cannot be isolated with rubber dam

• Teeth undergone over-instrumentation or overfilling beyond apex

• Teeth with calcifications/ resorptive defects

• History of allergy to any materials used in the study