RECRUITING

Dental Block for Pain Relief in ED Dental Pain Patients

Study Overview

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Description

This will be a prospective, observational cohort study assessing immediate pain relief from dental block in ED patients presenting with dental pain. The study will be conducted in the Community Regional Medical Center ED. The aim of this study, then, is to prospectively determine if dental block provides minimal clinically important difference in pain relief to these patients.

Official Title

Efficacy of ED Provider-Performed Dental Block for Pain Relief in Patients Presenting With Dental Pain

Quick Facts

Study Start:2022-03-11
Study Completion:2026-03-11
Study Type:Not specified
Phase:Not Applicable
Enrollment:Not specified
Status:RECRUITING

Study ID

NCT05351099

Participation Criteria

Researchers look for people who fit a certain description, called eligibility criteria. Some examples of these criteria are a person's general health condition or prior treatments.

Ages Eligible for Study:18 Years
Sexes Eligible for Study:ALL
Accepts Healthy Volunteers:No
Standard Ages:ADULT, OLDER_ADULT
Inclusion CriteriaExclusion Criteria
  1. * Adult patients (\>= 18-years-old) presenting to Community Regional Medical Center emergency department with a complaint of dental pain in whom the ED practitioner plans to perform a dental nerve block
  1. * Patient with previous dental block within 24 hours prior to arrival at the ED
  2. * Refusal of dental block
  3. * Patient in law enforcement custody
  4. * Patient unable to be properly informed of study purpose or able to complete pain VAS score due to physical/ mental condition (altered mental status, unstable psychiatric patient)
  5. * Patient unable to be properly informed of study purpose or able to complete pain VAS score due to language barrier (not English- or Spanish-speaking)
  6. * Patient with other acute non-dental painful condition making evaluation of dental pain severity vs non-dental pain severity not possible
  7. * Patient with pain in multiple areas of mouth needing dental block in \> 1 anatomic area
  8. * Patient to have Dental / OMFS ED consult for procedure

Contacts and Locations

Study Contact

Brian Chinnock, MD
CONTACT
559-499-6440
brian.chinnock@ucsf.edu
Jannet Castaneda, BA
CONTACT
559-994-5893
jannet.castanedasanchez@ucsf.edu

Principal Investigator

Brian Chinnock, MD
PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR
University of California, San Francisco

Study Locations (Sites)

Community Regional Trauma and Burn Center
Fresno, California, 93721
United States

Collaborators and Investigators

Sponsor: University of California, San Francisco

  • Brian Chinnock, MD, PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR, University of California, San Francisco

Study Record Dates

These dates track the progress of study record and summary results submissions to ClinicalTrials.gov. Study records and reported results are reviewed by the National Library of Medicine (NLM) to make sure they meet specific quality control standards before being posted on the public website.

Study Registration Dates

Study Start Date2022-03-11
Study Completion Date2026-03-11

Study Record Updates

Study Start Date2022-03-11
Study Completion Date2026-03-11

Terms related to this study

Keywords Provided by Researchers

  • Dental Block
  • Inferior alveolar nerve block
  • Posterior superior alveolar nerve block
  • supraperiosteal nerve block

Additional Relevant MeSH Terms

  • Dental Pain