RecruitingNCT05351099

Dental Block for Pain Relief in ED Dental Pain Patients

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

Sponsor

University of California, San Francisco

Enrollment

195 participants

Start Date

Mar 11, 2022

Study Type

OBSERVATIONAL

Conditions

Dental Pain

Summary

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.

Eligibility

Min Age: 18 Years

Inclusion Criteria1

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

Exclusion Criteria8

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

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