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Dental Block for Pain Relief in ED Dental Pain Patients
Efficacy of ED Provider-Performed Dental Block for Pain Relief in Patients Presenting With Dental Pain
Who can join
Ages 18 and older · All sexes
Full eligibility criteria
Inclusion Criteria: * Adult patients (\>= 18-years-old) presenting to Community Regional Medical Center emergency department with a complaint of dental pain in whom the ED practitioner plans to perform a dental nerve block Exclusion Criteria: * Patient with previous dental block within 24 hours prior to arrival at the ED * Refusal of dental block * Patient in law enforcement custody * Patient unable to be properly informed of study purpose or able to complete pain VAS score due to physical/ mental condition (altered mental status, unstable psychiatric patient) * Patient unable to be properly informed of study purpose or able to complete pain VAS score due to language barrier (not English- or Spanish-speaking) * Patient with other acute non-dental painful condition making evaluation of dental pain severity vs non-dental pain severity not possible * Patient with pain in multiple areas of mouth needing dental block in \> 1 anatomic area * Patient to have Dental / OMFS ED consult for procedure
About the study
This will be a prospective, observational cohort study assessing immediate pain relief from dental block in ED patients presenting with dental pain. The study will be conducted in the Community Regional Medical Center ED. The aim of this study, then, is to prospectively determine if dental block provides minimal clinically important difference in pain relief to these patients.
Sponsor: University of California, San Francisco · Participants: 195 · Started: Mar 11, 2022
Contact the study team
- Brian Chinnock, MD · Phone: 559-499-6440
- Jannet Castaneda, BA · Phone: 559-994-5893
Official record on ClinicalTrials.gov — NCT05351099
Locations in the U.S.
| California | Community Regional Trauma and Burn Center, Fresno |
From ClinicalTrials.gov, data retrieved Sep 30, 2026. Each study sets its own eligibility; the study team decides who can join.