Turmeric Gel as Alternative Non-vital Pulpotomy Medicament in Primary Teeth

• Status: Completed
• Trial end date: 2023-03-02
• Target enrollment: 0
• Participant gender: All

Summary

The purpose of this randomized controlled clinical trial is to use Turmeric gel as non-vital Pulpotomy medicament compared to Formocresol in primary teeth by evaluating its antibacterial effect against Streptococcus mutans and Lactobacillus acidophilus. It is hypothesized that there is no difference in the antibacterial effect of Turmeric gel compared with Formocresol, when used as non-vital Pulpotomy medicaments.

• Phase: Phase 1/Phase 2
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers?: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Details

• Lead Sponsor: University of Health Sciences Lahore
• Collaborator: Lahore General Hospital

Criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

1. Cooperation of patients and consent of parents.

2. Patients with ASA classification I and II (mild to moderate systemic disease).

3. Non-traumatic extensively carious hence restorable primary molars.

4. No history of antibiotic use for 2 weeks.

5. Presence of following clinical signs or symptoms suggestive of non-vital tooth such as tenderness on percussion, non-responsive to cold test, periapical/furcal radiolucency, localized gingival/mucosal soreness/ redness/ swelling, and/or slight mobility-grade I.

Exclusion Criteria:

1. History of allergy to anesthetics and latex.

2. Radiographic evidence of pulpal floor opening into the furcation area.

3. More than half of the roots resorbed.