Comparison of Two Topical Anesthetics: Benzocaine Versus Pliaglis

• Status: Completed
• Trial end date: 2014-06-01
• Target enrollment: 0
• Participant gender: All

Summary

The efficacy of the topical anesthetics will be determined by how much pain the patient felt (using a Heft-Parker pain analog scale) upon needle penetration.

• Phase: Phase 4
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers?: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Details

• Lead Sponsor: University of Michigan
• Collaborator: American Association of Endodontists
• Treatments: Anesthetics; Anesthetics, Local; Benzocaine; Carticaine; Lidocaine; Tetracaine

Criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

• normal healthy adults 18+ yrs old requiring root canal treatment of maxillary molars

• Patients with healthy mucosal tissues, and who do not have pain on palpation at injection site

• Ability to use and understand a VAS score

• Ability to use and understand a VAS score

• No know allergies to topical anesthetics being used

Exclusion Criteria:

• Allergy or other contraindications to topical anesthetics

• Allergy to epinephrine or local anesthetics

• Broken/unhealthy mucosal tissues and pain on palpation at injection site

• Patients needing endodontic therapy on maxillary anterior teeth

• Inability to consent to participate in the study

• Patients who have used analgesics within 6 hours of appointment time

• Pregnant and nursing women