Recruiting

Pain Perception

Sponsor:

Cleveland Dental Institute

Code:

NCT06510244

Conditions

Pain

Electroencephalography

Toothache

Eligibility Criteria

Sex: All

Age: 20 - 60

Healthy Volunteers: Not accepted

Interventions

EEG EMOTIV

Study Details

Brief summary:

Observational study at CDI Cleveland Dental Institute. Investigators will assess the pain perception in one group of patients using two non-invasive methods. First, a numerical rate scale (NRS) and second, a brain wave EEG.

Conditions

Pain

Electroencephalography

Toothache

Study ID

NCT06510244

Start date

Jan 1, 2024

Status verified date

Jul, 2024

Completion date

Apr, 2025

Anticipated

Primary completion date

Dec, 2024

Anticipated

Eligibility Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

Sex: All

Age: 20 - 60

Healthy Volunteers: Not accepted

Inclusion Criteria:

  • Males and females
  • Age: 20-60 years.
  • Tooth #8 vital and mature. No history of dentoalveolar trauma.
  • Adequate coronal tooth structure.

Exclusion Criteria:

  • Chronic periodontitis.
  • Vertical root fracture.
  • Immature teeth.
  • Necrotic teeth.
  • Systemic diseases that affect the healing process.
  • Non restorable teeth.

Study Design

Enrollment

100 participants

Anticipated

Interventions and Outcome Measures

Arms

One group of patients between 20-60 years old

Patients between 20-60 years old with a tooth health and no history of dental alveolar trauma or pulp chamber calcification.

Interventions

EEG EMOTIV

The teeth will be dried with 2x2 gauze; then, Endo Ice will be applied. The patient response will be written on a sheet numbering to choose from 0 to 10, and at the same time, the brain waves will be recorded through EEG.

Primary outcome measure

  • Pain Perception Measurement by EEG. [ Time Frame: January 2024-December 2024 ]
  • Pain Perception Measurement by EEG and NRS. [ Time Frame: January 2024-December 2024 ]

Central Contacts and Locations

Central contacts

Ulises Carballosa, Resident

7866901609u.carballosa@cdiohio.org

Dania Mustafa, Resident

5038510616d.mustafa@cdiohio.org

Locations

Cleveland Dental Institute

Recruiting

Cleveland, Ohio, United States, 44128

Contacts

Ulises Carballosa, Resident

786-690-1609u.carballosa@cdiohio.org

Dania Mustafa, Resident

5038510616d.mustafa@cdiohio.org

Principal Investigator:

Ahmed Hashem, Dentist

More Information

Sponsor

Cleveland Dental Institute

Last update posted

Jul 22, 2024

Last verified

Jul, 2024

Keywords

  • pain perception
  • Numeric Pain Rating Scale
  • electroencephalography

Trial information was received from ClinicalTrials.gov and was last updated on 2026-09-19. This information was provided to ClinicalTrials.gov by Cleveland Dental Institute on 2024-07-22.