The Comparison of Supraperiosteal Nerve Block With Opiate Analgesia in Alleviating the Pain of Toothache

Completed · Phase 4

Conditions studied: Toothache

In brief

This study will compare the degree of pain control provided by two techniques for persons with toothache in an emergency department. The two techniques include; * standard oral narcotic pain medication * numbing the tooth with local anesthetic by needle injection

Key facts

Study ID

NCT00574015

Run by

Albany Medical College

People needed

18

Starts

2007-12-01

Expected to finish

2013-01-01

Last updated by the study team

2014-03-24

Who can join

Age: 18 and older, up to 65. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

You may qualify if…

• Involvement of a single tooth
• Percussive tenderness of the crown of the suspect tooth

You may not qualify if…

• Age younger than 18 years
• Women who are breast feeding
• Allergy or intolerance to hydrocodone, bupivacaine or acetaminophen
• Pregnancy
• Involvement of multiple teeth
• Pain resulting from pericoronitis.
• Pain resulting from dental trauma occurring less than 90 days prior
• Pain of more than 96 hours duration
• Facial or neck swelling or tenderness
• Alteration in phonation
• Cognitive impairment
• Concurrent use of opiate analgesics
• Impairment of liver function
• Consumption of more than 4 grams of acetaminophen in the past 24 hours.
• Patients who are visually impaired.

Where it is running

• Albany Medical Center Hospital — Albany, New York, United States

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