Postoperative Pain and Recovery Time After Pulpotomy

Postoperative Pain Clinical Trial

Official title:

Immediate Postoperative Pain and Recovery Time After Pulpotomy Performed Under General Anaesthesia in Young Children

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Completed

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT03142672
• Other study ID #: 2016/764
• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• First received: April 26, 2017
• Last updated: May 4, 2017
• Start date: January 28, 2016
• Est. completion date: May 30, 2016

Study information

• Verified date: May 2017
• Source: Adnan Menderes University
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Study type: Interventional

Clinical Trial Summary

The aim of this retrospective study was to compare immediate postoperative pain scores and the need for rescue analgesia in children who underwent pulpotomies and general restorative treatment and those who underwent general restorative treatment only, all under general anaesthesia.

Description:

Ninety patients aged between 3 and 7 years who underwent full mouth dental rehabilitation under general anaesthesia were enrolled in the study and reviewed. The experimental group included patients who were treated with at least one pulpotomy, and the control group was treated with dental fillings only. The Wong-Baker FACES scale was used to evaluate self-reported pain and the need for rescue analgesia. The data were analysed using the Kruskal-Wallis test, two sample t- tests, chi-square tests and Pearson's correlation analysis.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Enrollment: 90
• Est. completion date: May 30, 2016
• Est. primary completion date: April 27, 2016
• Accepts healthy volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers
• Gender: All
• Age group: 3 Years to 7 Years

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

• Patients who underwent full mouth dental rehabilitation under GA because of their lack of chairside cooperation

• Patients with at least 1 pulpotomy were included in the experimental group (n=45), and patients treated with dental fillings only were included in the control group (n=45); a total of 90 patients were eligible for the study.

Exclusion Criteria:

• Children with special needs and those with any systematic problem (cardiac disease, diabetes, or intellectual disability) were excluded from the study.

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Pain, Postoperative
• Postoperative Pain

Intervention

Procedure:
• pulpotomy
vital endodontic procedure
• tooth filling
tooth filling

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
n/a

Sponsors (1)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
Adnan Menderes University

References & Publications (1)

Jensen B. Post-operative pain and pain management in children after dental extractions under general anaesthesia. Eur Arch Paediatr Dent. 2012 Jun;13(3):119-25. — View Citation

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	Pain scores evaluation	Wong Baker Faces Scale	An average of 1 year