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Observational Study of Dental Blocks for Emergency Dental Pain

This study is looking at how well a dental block, a common procedure to numb a specific area in your mouth, helps people who come to the emergency department (ED) with dental pain. Researchers want to see if this block provides enough pain relief for patients. You might be able to join if you are an adult (18 or older) coming to the Community Regional Medical Center ED with dental pain, and your ED doctor plans to give you a dental block. The study will measure your pain levels before and 10 minutes after the dental block to see if it makes a meaningful difference. This is an observational study, meaning researchers will watch what happens during your standard care.

Study design
This is an observational study with a planned enrollment of 195 adult participants. It is not a randomized trial, and the phase is not specified.
What's involved
You would have your pain scores measured before and 10 minutes after receiving a dental block, which is standard care.
Compensation
Not stated in the trial record.
Follow-up
Participants are followed for 10 minutes after the dental block to assess pain relief.

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NCT05351099

Dental Block for Pain Relief in ED Dental Pain Patients

Recruiting
Not specifiedAges 18+Observational
University of California, San Francisco
~195 participants
Updated 2025-02-28 on ClinicalTrials.gov

At a glance

Recruiting sites
1 of 1 listed site is recruiting right now
RecruitingSuspended, closed, or not yet open
What they're measuring
Change in Pain Scores on the Visual Analog Scale (VAS)
Measured over Baseline10 minutes

Conditions

Dental Pain

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Where it's being run

1 sites across 1 states
California1

Study leadership

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

Who to contact

Brian Chinnock, MD
[email protected]
559-499-6440
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Eligibility criteria

Inclusion

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

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

What this trial measures

  • Change in Pain Scores on the Visual Analog Scale (VAS)Baseline10 minutes

    Pre and Post Procedure Pain Scores will be measured on a VAS line comparing pre and post measurements from left to right. Left side indicating no pain all the way to the right indicating a pain score of 10.