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The purpose of this study is to determine whether a combination of anesthetics (numbing medicine) will adequately anesthetize teeth over a different combination. A second purpose is to see if the time needed to numb the nerve in a tooth is different between the two anesthetics.


Clinical Trial Description

60 human subjects with Symptomatic Irreversible Pulpitis (SIP) in mandibular molars will be randomly allocated into 2 groups. One group will receive a combination of: 1 cartridge of buffered 2% lidocaine w/ 1:100k epi via inferior alveolar nerve block (IANB) followed by 1 cartridge of 3% mepivacaine via IANB. This will be followed by 0.5 cartridges (0.9mL) of buffered 4% articaine with 1:100k epi via buccal infiltration and 0.5 cartridges of buffered 4% articaine with 1:100k epi via lingual infiltration. All IANB injections will include a lingual block. The second group will be provided an unbuffered version of the same combination. An electronic pulp tester (EPT) will be used to determine the vitality of the treated tooth. Endodontic treatment will be initiated after two consecutive EPT readings of 80, displaying pulpal anesthesia. Profound pulpal anesthesia is described by the patient's report on the visual analog scale after the pulpotomy. ;


Study Design


Related Conditions & MeSH terms

  • Pulpitis
  • Symptomatic Irreversible Pulpitis

NCT number NCT06047366
Study type Interventional
Source Indiana University
Contact Kenneth Spolnik, DDS
Phone 317-274-7280
Email kspolnik@iu.edu
Status Recruiting
Phase Phase 4
Start date December 5, 2023
Completion date October 2024

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