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Last refreshed on: 19 February 2015
Main ID:  NCT00752284
Date of registration: 01/09/2008
Prospective Registration: No
Primary sponsor: The University of Hong Kong
Public title: Safety of Coronectomy vs Excision of Wisdom Teeth coronrct
Scientific title: Randomized Controlled Trial of Safety of Coronectomy Versus Excision of Wisdom Teeth
Date of first enrolment: June 2006
Target sample size: 349
Recruitment status: Completed
URL:  http://clinicaltrials.gov/show/NCT00752284
Study type:  Interventional
Study design:  Allocation: Randomized, Endpoint Classification: Safety Study, Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment, Masking: Open Label, Primary Purpose: Prevention  
Phase:  N/A
Countries of recruitment
China
Contacts
Name:     Lim Kwong Cheung, BDS, PhD
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Affiliation:  U Hong Kong
Name:     Yiu Yan Leung, BDS
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Affiliation:  U Hong Kong
Key inclusion & exclusion criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

- Radiographically the wisdom tooth root is touching or overlapping with the superior
cortical line of inferior alveolar nerve or showing one or more of the following
signs:

- darkening of root

- abrupt narrowing of root

- interruption and loss of the white line of IAN canal

- displacement of the IAN canal by the roots

- Abrupt narrowing of one or both of the canal white lin

Exclusion Criteria:

- Wisdom tooth roots not touching the IAN cortical lines

- Wisdom tooth presented with apical pathology

- Pre-existing neurosensory deficit of IAN

- Systemic condition predisposing local infection: diabetes, AIDS, concurrent
chemotherapy.

- Local factors predisposing infection: metabolic bone diseases e.g. fibrous dysplasia,
history of radiotherapy on mandible



Age minimum: N/A
Age maximum: N/A
Gender: Both
Health Condition(s) or Problem(s) studied
Pain
Alveolar Nerve Injury
Infection
Intervention(s)
Procedure: Coronectomy
Procedure: Total Excision
Primary Outcome(s)
The incidence of neurosensory disturbance, infection or dry socket of control group and coronectomy group [Time Frame: 1 week-2 years]
Secondary Outcome(s)
Migration rate of root in coronectomy group [Time Frame: 1 week - 2 years]
Secondary ID(s)
UW 06-218 T/1243
Source(s) of Monetary Support
Please refer to primary and secondary sponsors
Secondary Sponsor(s)
Ethics review
Results
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