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

• Status: Completed
• Trial end date: 2013-01-01
• Target enrollment: 0
• Participant gender: All

Summary

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

• Phase: Phase 4
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers?: No

Details

• Lead Sponsor: Albany Medical College
• Treatments: Acetaminophen; Acetaminophen, hydrocodone drug combination; Bupivacaine; Hydrocodone; Oxycodone

Criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

• Involvement of a single tooth

• Percussive tenderness of the crown of the suspect tooth

Exclusion Criteria:

• 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.