Single Versus Multiple Visits Endodontic Treatment

• Status: Completed
• Trial end date: 2018-02-01
• Target enrollment: 0
• Participant gender: All

Summary

Healing rate after single visit or multiple visit endodontic treatment using triple paste intracanal medicament will be assessed both clinically and radio-graphically for follow-up period up to one year

• Phase: Phase 1
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers?: No

Details

• Lead Sponsor: Cairo University
• Treatments: Ciprofloxacin; Metronidazole; Minocycline

Criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

1. Adult patients; age between 16-55 years old.

2. Males or Females.

3. Maxillary or mandibular single-root tooth or a multi-rooted tooth with:

• Non-vital response of pulp tissue.

• Radiographic evidence of periapical lesions (minimum size 2.0 mm × 2.0 mm) related to one root in case of multi-rooted teeth.

• Asymptomatic patients.

4. Positive patients' acceptance for participation in the study.

Exclusion Criteria:

1. Primary teeth, and permanent teeth with immature apex.

2. Teeth previously accessed or endodontically treated.

3. Patients with diabetes and immune-compromising disease.

4. Patients allergic to metronidazole, ciprofloxacin, or minocycline.

5. Vital cases or necrotic without periapical lesion.

6. Pregnant women.

7. Teeth with unfavorable conditions for rubber-dam application.

8. Tooth associated with vertical root fracture, coronal perforation, calcification and external or internal root resorption.