New tool may ease pain after baby tooth root canals
NCT ID NCT07427420
First seen Jun 25, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026 · Updated 1 time
Summary
This study tests whether using a special rotary file (a spinning tool) causes less pain after a baby tooth root canal than the traditional manual file. Fifty children aged 4 to 6 with an infected baby molar will be randomly assigned to one of the two methods. Parents will rate their child's pain at several times up to one week after the procedure.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- Fanta AF F one rotary files 20 taper 4 (rotary file device) and manual files (k files)
- What this could lead to
- If it works, this could show that using a rotary file reduces pain after a baby tooth root canal compared to manual files.
- What could go wrong
- This is a small, early-stage trial with only 50 children, so results may not apply to all kids. Pain is subjective and hard to measure reliably in young children.
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Study facts
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- Phase
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Not a phased trial
Phase numbers describe drug development. The registry uses this when they do not apply, as it does for trials of devices, procedures or behaviour changes, and for observational studies.
- Participants
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About 50 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Expected to start
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Apr 2026
An estimate. Start dates often move.
- Expected to finish
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Oct 2027
An estimate. End dates often move.
- Lead sponsor
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Other sponsor
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Who can take part
This study's own entry requirements. Only the study team can say for certain whether you qualify.
- Ages
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4 to 6 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.
Inclusion Criteria: * • Patients: * Aged 4-6years, Medically free and Cooperative. * Teeth: * Restorable mandibular second primary molars with clinical signs or symptoms of irreversible pulpitis. Pre-operative Radiographic criteria: * Absence of internal or external root resorption. * Absence of periapical or inter-radicular radiolucencies. Exclusion Criteria: * • Patients: * Uncooperative children. * Children with systemic disease. * Physical or mental disabilities. * Refusal of participation. * Unable to attend follow- up visits. * Refusal to sign the informed consent. Teeth: * Previously accessed teeth. * Mobile mandibular primary molars. * Pain on percussion. * Swelling in the vestibule or on palpation.
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Conditions
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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Faculty of Dentistry, Cairo University
Cairo, Egypt, 11411, Egypt
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