Dental Block for Pain Relief in ED Dental Pain Patients

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.

Conditions

Dental Pain

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Study overview

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.

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

Dental Block for Pain Relief in ED Dental Pain Patients

Condition
Dental Pain
Intervention / Treatment

-

Contacts and Locations

Fresno

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

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.

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Eligibility Criteria

  • * 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
  • * Patient with previous dental block within 24 hours prior to arrival at the ED
  • * Refusal of dental block
  • * Patient in law enforcement custody
  • * 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)
  • * 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)
  • * Patient with other acute non-dental painful condition making evaluation of dental pain severity vs non-dental pain severity not possible
  • * Patient with pain in multiple areas of mouth needing dental block in \> 1 anatomic area
  • * Patient to have Dental / OMFS ED consult for procedure

Ages Eligible for Study

18 Years to

Sexes Eligible for Study

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Collaborators and Investigators

University of California, San Francisco,

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

Study Record Dates

2026-03-11