Hand and Engine-driven Techniques for Endodontic Retreatment

NCT ID: NCT03743233

Last Updated: 2018-11-16

Basic Information

• Recruitment Status: UNKNOWN
• Clinical Phase: NA
• Total Enrollment: 80 participants
• Study Classification: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Start Date: 2018-12-01
• Study Completion Date: 2020-03-01

Brief Summary

Numerous instrumentation techniques have been suggested for the nonsurgical retreatment of teeth with primary failure of endodontic therapy in laboratory studies. However, there is limited clinical evidence about those different techniques. The objective of this study is to compare the prevalence and intensity of postoperative pain, as well as the success rate after endodontic retreatment with hand or engine-driven reciprocating instrumentation. A randomized clinical trial will be performed, considering two comparison groups: hand preparation with stainless steel instruments or engine-driven reciprocating preparation with the Reciproc NiTi System (VDW, Munich, Germany), to verify which technique would lead to lower postoperative pain levels and higher endodontic success rates. Secondary outcomes related to technique efficiency will be also registered, evaluating the capacity of filling material removal and the time spent on the clinical procedures. Eighty individuals who need endodontic retreatment in single-rooted teeth will be selected (n=40/group). Endodontic reintervention will be carried out in two visits. Periapical radiographs taken after root filling removal protocols will be transferred to an image analysis software. Then, the percentage of remaining filling material in relation to the total area of the root canal will be evaluated. The clinical time spent with the removal procedure protocol will be registered, in minutes, by a digital stopwatch. After each visit, postoperative pain will be assessed using a numerical rating scale. The record of pain and analgesic drug intake will be performed in 12, 24, 48 hours and 7 days after the clinical procedures. Success rates will be evaluated after 3, 6, 12 and 24 months, through clinical and radiographic examination, considering the Periapical Index, a 5-point score system. Data of both groups (percentage of remaining debris, operating time, postoperative pain, clinical and radiographic success) will be analyzed for normality by the Shapiro-Wilk test. Assuming normal distribution, the data will be compared by t test. Pearson's correlation coefficient will be applied to detect possible correlations between the evaluated outcomes. Differences will be considered significant at P=0.05.

Conditions

Pain, Postoperative

Study Design

• Allocation Method: RANDOMIZED
• Intervention Model: PARALLEL
• Primary Study Purpose: TREATMENT
• Blinding Strategy: SINGLE

Study Groups

Hand file instrumentation

Group Type: ACTIVE_COMPARATOR

Reciprocating

Intervention Type: DEVICE

Reciproc R25 file will be used for gutta-percha removal, until reaching the WL. The instrument will be introduced into the canal applying slight movements of 3-mm amplitude. Apical patency will be maintained with a size #15 K-file. The root canals will be reinstrumented using the Reciproc R50 file. For both groups, after the root canal filling removal and reinstrumentation protocol, a new radiograph will be taken, without any intracanal instrument, for posterior analysis of the percentage of remaining filling material in the root canal. If the radiograph demonstrates the persistence of filling material, the technique will be repeated with the last instrument used in the chemomechanical preparation (hand or reciprocating file), also using H-files with circumferential movements against the dentinal walls in order to remove these residual material, followed by abundant irrigation with NaOCl.

Reciprocating instrumentation

Group Type: ACTIVE_COMPARATOR

Hand file

Intervention Type: DEVICE

A crown-down technique will be performed until reaching the provisory WL. The root canals will be initially deobstructed with size #3 and #2 Gates-Glidden burs (Dentsply-Maillefer) at the coronal and middle root thirds. Then, hand stainless steel K-files (Dentsply-Maillefer) with decreasing sizes will be used (#40, #35, #30, #25). The WL will be determined by an electronic apex locator (Novapex; Forum Technologies, Rishon Le-Zion, Israel). A radiograph will be taken to confirm the WL, which should be 1 mm short of the root apex. Apical patency will be reached and maintained with a size #15 K-file (Dentsply-Maillefer). The root canals will be reinstrumented and a size #50 K-file will be standardized as the master apical instrument. A step-back procedure in 1-mm increments followed until merging with the crown-down rotary enlargement (size #70) will be achieved.

Interventions

Hand file

A crown-down technique will be performed until reaching the provisory WL. The root canals will be initially deobstructed with size #3 and #2 Gates-Glidden burs (Dentsply-Maillefer) at the coronal and middle root thirds. Then, hand stainless steel K-files (Dentsply-Maillefer) with decreasing sizes will be used (#40, #35, #30, #25). The WL will be determined by an electronic apex locator (Novapex; Forum Technologies, Rishon Le-Zion, Israel). A radiograph will be taken to confirm the WL, which should be 1 mm short of the root apex. Apical patency will be reached and maintained with a size #15 K-file (Dentsply-Maillefer). The root canals will be reinstrumented and a size #50 K-file will be standardized as the master apical instrument. A step-back procedure in 1-mm increments followed until merging with the crown-down rotary enlargement (size #70) will be achieved.

Intervention Type: DEVICE

Reciprocating

Reciproc R25 file will be used for gutta-percha removal, until reaching the WL. The instrument will be introduced into the canal applying slight movements of 3-mm amplitude. Apical patency will be maintained with a size #15 K-file. The root canals will be reinstrumented using the Reciproc R50 file. For both groups, after the root canal filling removal and reinstrumentation protocol, a new radiograph will be taken, without any intracanal instrument, for posterior analysis of the percentage of remaining filling material in the root canal. If the radiograph demonstrates the persistence of filling material, the technique will be repeated with the last instrument used in the chemomechanical preparation (hand or reciprocating file), also using H-files with circumferential movements against the dentinal walls in order to remove these residual material, followed by abundant irrigation with NaOCl.

Intervention Type: DEVICE

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion Criteria

• Good systemic and oral health;
• Requiring root canal retreatment in single-rooted teeth (one root and one root canal);
• Asymptomatic persistent apical periodontitis.

Exclusion Criteria

• Use of analgesics, anti-inflammatory drugs or other pain modulating drugs;
• Chronic systemic disease (eg: diabetes, hypertension, arthritis and renal dysfunction);
• Systemic disease that could interfere with bone quality;
• Pregnant or breastfeeding women;
• Teeth with untreated periodontal disease;
• Abnormal mobility and with excessively large or curved canals.

• Minimum Eligible Age: 18 Years
• Maximum Eligible Age: 70 Years
• Eligible Sex: ALL
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: Yes

Sponsors

Federal University of Pelotas

OTHER

Sponsor Role: lead

Responsible Party

Maximiliano Sergio Cenci

Principal Investigator

Responsibility Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Locations

Federal University of Pelotas

Pelotas, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil

Site Status: RECRUITING

Countries

Brazil

Facility Contacts

Fernanda G Pappen, PhD

Role: primary

ferpappen@gmail.com

53 984033599

Other Identifiers

PPGO027

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id