Blood clot breakthrough: new dental therapy speeds healing
NCT ID NCT05847647
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This study looked at whether using a patient's own blood product (L-PRF) can improve bone healing after surgery for a persistent tooth-root infection. Fifteen adults with large infections around the tooth root were treated and followed for 12 months. The goal was to see if adding L-PRF to standard surgery leads to better bone regrowth and fewer symptoms like pain or swelling.
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- Phase
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Not a phased trial
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- Participants
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15 people
The number who actually took part.
- Started
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Feb 2022
- Finished
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Sep 2024
- Lead sponsor
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Other sponsor
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Who can take part
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- Ages
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18 to 65 years
- Sex
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Anyone
- Healthy volunteers
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Accepted
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Copied word for word from the study's registry entry, so the wording is the study team's rather than ours.
60 volunteer patients over the age of 18 who applied to Istanbul Medipol University Faculty of Dentistry, Department of Endodontics and were diagnosed with refractory chronic apical periodontitis due to a periapical lesion of endodontic origin that did not respond to root canal treatment, will be included in the study, regardless of gender. Periapical surgery will be applied in all patients following the endodontic retreatment. Inclusion Criteria: 1. Being over 18 years old. 2. systemic status is ASA I. 3. No history of allergy to local anesthetics and drugs to be used. D. Absence of a systemic disease or drug use that may adversely affect wound healing and contraindicate oral surgical procedures (radiotherapy, chemotherapy, corticosteroid use, antiplatelet or anticoagulant drug use, connective tissue diseases, vascular diseases, blood dyscrasia, liver diseases, uncontrolled diabetes, etc.). to. Not smoking more than 10 cigarettes per day. f. Having a single rooted tooth of endodontic origin, with a periradicular lesion larger than 5 mm and smaller than 12 mm in diameter detected on periapical radiograph (chronic apical periodontitis), re-canal treatment planned and thought to be unsuccessful with re-canal treatment alone. Exclusion Criteria: 1. Having ASA II-III-IV. 2. Having a history of allergy to local anesthetics and drugs to be used. 3. Presence of a systemic disease or drug use that may adversely affect postoperative wound healing and periodontal health. D. Being pregnant or lactating. to. Not using antiplatelet or anticoagulant drugs and having blood dyscrasias f. Smoking more than 10 cigarettes per day. g. Vertical root fracture, perforation in the furcation region, endo-perio lesion and more than 5 mm periodontal bone loss in the involved tooth.
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Conditions
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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Istanbul Medipol University, Faculty of Dentistry
Istanbul, Turkey (Türkiye)
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