Measurement of Bite Force in Humans
CompletedNCT00223327
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This study has no listed site in Canada in this snapshot. It is included as part of the worldwide chronic pain corpus.
Brief summary (from the registry)
This protocol is for a clinical trial to evaluate the reliability of the bite fork as a diagnostic instrument in subjects with pulpal necrosis and apical periodontitis.
Study details
- Official title
- Measurement of Bite Force in Humans
- Conditions
- Dental Pulp Necrosis
- Periapical Periodontitis
- Sponsor
- The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio
- Start date
- 2005-03
- Primary completion
- 2008-06
- Sex
- All
- Age range
- from 16 Years to 60 Years
- Healthy volunteers
- true
- Results posted
- No results posted in this snapshot
- Countries
- United States
- Total sites listed
- 1
Eligibility criteria
Show eligibility criteria (verbatim from the registry)
Inclusion Criteria: 1. Patient must be at least 16 years of age. 2. Clinical indication for non-surgical root canal therapy (NSRCT). 3. 1st or 2nd maxillary or mandibular molar or premolar 4. Diagnosis must be chronic apical periodontitis (CAP) with or without symptoms. 5. Intact, mature apices. 6. American Society of Anesthesiologists (ASA) I or II. Exclusion Criteria: 1. Failure to meet any of the above 2. Previous NSRCT 3. Previous pulpotomy or pulpectomy 4. Suppurative apical periodontitis 5. Patients taking medications which can affect their pain rating or medications which affect their immune system (such as glucocorticoids)
Source: ClinicalTrials.gov (US National Library of Medicine), snapshot October 2026. Check the registry for current recruiting status. Record: https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT00223327