Status:
COMPLETED
Tissue Characterization in Teeth Treated With a Regeneration Protocol
Lead Sponsor:
The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio
Conditions:
Pulp Necrosis
Eligibility:
All Genders
10-60 years
Phase:
EARLY_PHASE1
Brief Summary
The purpose of the investigators study is to characterize the composition of the hard and soft tissues present in root canals of teeth previously diagnosed with necrotic pulps and incomplete root form...
Detailed Description
'Regeneration' as referred to in this protocol refers to the stimulation of continued root formation by the deposition of apical tissues subsequent to disinfection of a necrotic root canal and its con...
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion
- Patient
- Healthy volunteers ages 10-60 with a non-restorable (as determined by referring dentist), permanent tooth with a necrotic pulp and incomplete root development.
- Persons who seem to be cooperative with dental treatment and able to indicate willingness to obtain treatment and participate in the study and who are capable of verbally expressing dissent.
- Parents who express understanding of study treatments and consent to treatment for their child of the regenerative procedure.
- Healthy patients (ASA Class I or II physical status) with no systemic health problems that may interfere with healing and cell growth.
- Tooth inclusion criteria:
- Permanent tooth with necrotic pulp and immature root development, scheduled for extraction due to non-restorability.
- Clinically confirmed necrotic pulp that will be confirmed with common endodontic pulp vitality tests (No response to cold or electric pulp test).
- Clinically confirmed immature root development that will be assessed radiographically to confirm the non-restorability as diagnosed by the referring dentist.
Exclusion
- Patient
Key Trial Info
Start Date :
March 1 2010
Trial Type :
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation :
ACTUAL
End Date :
March 1 2014
Estimated Enrollment :
1 Patients enrolled
Trial Details
Trial ID
NCT00881907
Start Date
March 1 2010
End Date
March 1 2014
Last Update
February 5 2016
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University of Texas Health Science Center
San Antonio, Texas, United States, 78229