Postoperative Pain After Single vs Multiple-Visit Root Canal Treatment in Diabetic Patients

Trial statusNot yet recruiting
Trial phaseNot applicable
Trial typeInterventional
Biological sexAll
Age18-65
SponsorCollege of Physicians and Surgeons Pakistan

About this trial

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Eligibility criteria

This trial does not accept healthy volunteers

Qualifiers

None

Disqualifiers

Pregnancy.

Trial design

Design model

Parallel

Treatments tested in this trial

  • Single-Visit Root Canal Therapy

    Procedure/Surgery

    A standard non-surgical root canal treatment protocol where the entire procedure-from access opening and canal instrumentation to final obturation-is completed in one continuous session, without the use of inter-appointment intracanal medication

  • Multiple-Visit Root Canal Therapy

    Procedure/Surgery

    A standard non-surgical root canal treatment protocol performed over two clinical appointments. The first visit involves canal preparation and dressing with an intracanal medicament. The final visit, scheduled after an interim period, involves the removal of the medicament and the completion of the root canal filling.

Treatment groups

200 Participants
are divided into 2 treatment groups
Group A: Single-Visit RCTExperimental treatment 1 intervention
Group B: Multiple-Visit RCTActive comparator 2 interventions

Trial outcomes

Primary outcomes

1

Incidence of Moderate-to-Severe Pain at 24 Hours Post-Operation

Measurement Tool: Numeric Rating Scale (NRS), an 11-point scale from 0 (no pain) to 10 (worst imaginable pain). Unit of Measure: Percentage (%) of patients. Description: The proportion of patients reporting a pain intensity score of 4 or greater on the NRS during movement (e.g., coughing or ambulation) at the 24-hour post-operative time point.

Time frame
24 Hours after the procedure

Secondary outcomes

1

Mean Resting Pain Intensity at 24 Hours Post-Operation

Measurement Tool: Numeric Rating Scale (NRS), an 11-point scale from 0 (no pain) to 10 (worst imaginable pain). Unit of Measure: Percentage (%) of patients. Description: The proportion of patients reporting a pain intensity score of 4 or greater on the NRS during movement (e.g., coughing or ambulation) at the 24-hour post-operative time point.

Time frame
24 hours after the procedure

Other outcomes

Locations

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