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CTRI Number  CTRI/2025/09/094657 [Registered on: 12/09/2025] Trial Registered Prospectively
Last Modified On: 11/09/2025
Post Graduate Thesis  Yes 
Type of Trial  Interventional 
Type of Study   Surgical/Anesthesia
Dentistry 
Study Design  Randomized, Parallel Group, Active Controlled Trial 
Public Title of Study   comparing the pain on injection and pain during root canal treatment on giving normal, laser and cold injection. 
Scientific Title of Study   comparative evaluation of the effects of photobiomodulation and topical cooling of injection site, as pre-anesthetic modalities during the administration of local anesthesia in maxillary molars with symptomatic irreversible pulpitis- A randomized control trial 
Trial Acronym  NIL 
Secondary IDs if Any  
Secondary ID  Identifier 
NIL  NIL 
 
Details of Principal Investigator or overall Trial Coordinator (multi-center study)  
Name  HITESH N 
Designation  POST GRADUATE STUDENT 
Affiliation  Coorg institute of dental sciences 
Address  Coorg institute of dental sciences, Department of conservative dentistry and endodontics Room 7, K K campus, Maggula, Virajpet, kodagu-571218

Kodagu
KARNATAKA
571218
India 
Phone  9538935359  
Fax    
Email  nhitesh1369@gmail.com  
 
Details of Contact Person
Scientific Query
 
Name  HITESH N 
Designation  POST GRADUATE STUDENT 
Affiliation  Coorg institute of dental sciences 
Address  Coorg institute of dental sciences, Department of conservative dentistry and endodontics Room 7, K K campus, Maggula, Virajpet, kodagu-571218


KARNATAKA
571218
India 
Phone  9538935359  
Fax    
Email  nhitesh1369@gmail.com  
 
Details of Contact Person
Public Query
 
Name  Dr GIRISH T N  
Designation  Professor 
Affiliation  Coorg institute of dental sciences 
Address  Coorg institute of dental sciences, Department of conservative dentistry and endodontics room 7, Kanjithanda Kushalappa campus, Maggula, Virajpet, kodagu

Kodagu
KARNATAKA
571218
India 
Phone  9845305950  
Fax    
Email  drgirishtn@gmail.com  
 
Source of Monetary or Material Support  
Coorg institute of dental sciences, Department of conservative dentistry and endodontics Room 7, Kanjithanda Kushalappa campus, Maggula, Virajpet, Kodagu, Karnataka, pincode-571218, INDIA 
 
Primary Sponsor  
Name  HITESH N 
Address  Coorg institute of dental sciences, Department of conservative dentistry and endodontics Room 7, Kanjithanda Kushalappa campus, Maggula, Virajpet, Kodagu, Karnataka 
Type of Sponsor  Other [self] 
 
Details of Secondary Sponsor  
Name  Address 
NIL  NIL 
 
Countries of Recruitment     India  
Sites of Study  
No of Sites = 1  
Name of Principal Investigator  Name of Site  Site Address  Phone/Fax/Email 
HITESH N  Coorg institute of dental sciences  Room 7, Department of conservative dentistry and endodontics, Kanjithanda Kushalappa campus, Maggula, Virajpet, Kodagu, Karnataka
Kodagu
KARNATAKA 
9538935359

nhitesh1369@gmail.com 
 
Details of Ethics Committee  
No of Ethics Committees= 1  
Name of Committee  Approval Status 
INSTITUTION REVIEW BOARD, COORG INSTITUTE OF DENTAL SCIENCES  Approved 
 
Regulatory Clearance Status from DCGI  
Status 
Not Applicable 
 
Health Condition / Problems Studied  
Health Type  Condition 
Healthy Human Volunteers  patients in good health with symptomatic irreversible pulpitis of maxillary molars. 
 
Intervention / Comparator Agent  
Type  Name  Details 
Comparator Agent  2% lignocaine HCL with 1:80,000 epinephrine  appyling 2% lignocaine gel on injection site followed by administration of 2% lignocaine HCL with 1:80,000 epinephrine and evaluating pain on injection, onset of anesthesia and anesthetic efficacy in maxillary molars.  
Intervention  cold 2% lignocaine HCL with 1:80,000 epinephrine  one time intervention by appling ice stick over injection site and administration of cold 2% lignocaine HCL with 1:80,000 epinephrine and evaluation of onset, anesthetic efficacy, and pain on injection during infiltration anesthesia in maxillary molars.  
Intervention  photobiomodulation & 2% lignocaine HCL with 1:80,000 epinephrine  one time intervention by Photobiomodulation with diode laser (980nm) for 20 secs with low level laser tip over the injection site and administration of 2% lignocaine HCL with 1:80,000 epinephrine and evaluation of onset, anesthetic efficacy and pain on injection during infiltration anesthesia in maxillary molars  
 
Inclusion Criteria  
Age From  20.00 Year(s)
Age To  40.00 Year(s)
Gender  Both 
Details  Patients with good health in the age group of 20-40 years. Patients with symptomatic irreversible pulpitis of maxillary molars. Patients with preoperative pain score greater than 54mm as measured on HP-VAS scale.
 
 
ExclusionCriteria 
Details  Individuals with systemic and mental illness.
Individuals with known allergy or contraindication to lignocaine.
Pregnant and lactating mothers.
Individuals who have taken analgesics 12hrs before endodontic procedure.
Individuals under barbiturates and benzodiazepine medication.
Presence of chronic endodontic lesions in relation to the tooth.
 
 
Method of Generating Random Sequence   Not Applicable 
Method of Concealment   Not Applicable 
Blinding/Masking   Not Applicable 
Primary Outcome  
Outcome  TimePoints 
Evaluate the onset, anesthetic efficacy and injection pain during administration of cold anesthesia and photobiomodulation.  Evaluate the onset, anesthetic efficacy and injection pain during administration of cold local anesthesia and photobiomdulation at the baseline. 
 
Secondary Outcome  
Outcome  TimePoints 
Intergroup comparison of the effects of the anesthesia.  Compare the effect of anesthesia in males & females at the baseline. 
 
Target Sample Size   Total Sample Size="72"
Sample Size from India="72" 
Final Enrollment numbers achieved (Total)= "Applicable only for Completed/Terminated trials"
Final Enrollment numbers achieved (India)="Applicable only for Completed/Terminated trials" 
Phase of Trial   Phase 2 
Date of First Enrollment (India)   23/09/2025 
Date of Study Completion (India) Applicable only for Completed/Terminated trials 
Date of First Enrollment (Global)  Date Missing 
Date of Study Completion (Global) Applicable only for Completed/Terminated trials 
Estimated Duration of Trial   Years="0"
Months="10"
Days="0" 
Recruitment Status of Trial (Global)   Not Applicable 
Recruitment Status of Trial (India)  Not Yet Recruiting 
Publication Details   N/A 
Individual Participant Data (IPD) Sharing Statement

Will individual participant data (IPD) be shared publicly (including data dictionaries)?  

Response - NO
Brief Summary  

An important requirement prior to initiating endodontic or operative dental treatment is the ability to achieve and maintain profound anesthesia. Also Injection of local anaesthetics is one of the most feared or anxiety-inducing stimuli in dental operatory. The fear of pain attributed to injection of anaesthetic agents is cited as an obstacle in providing appropriate dental care. Accomplishing profound pulpal anesthesia without any pain during endodontic treatment is a challenge.Local anaesthesia is defined as a loss of sensation in an area of the body caused by a depression of excitation in nerve endings, or an inhibition of the conduction process in peripheral nerves. Buccal infiltration using 2% lignocaine hydrochloride with epinephrine (LE) is considered to be one of the standard anesthetic techniques for achieving pulpal anesthesia during root canal therapy of maxillary molars. But in patients with irreversible pulpitis there is increased chance of anesthetic failure. The increased failure rate can be attributed to 2 major reasons. The first reason is having local acidosis caused by tissue inflammation. This leads to ion trapping of local anesthetic molecules in ionized form, causing a decrease in the number of local anesthetic molecules crossing the nerve membrane.Secondly, and a more accepted reason, is the activation of nociceptors by inflammatory mediators. A successful treatment outcome can be achieved only by overcoming patients’ fear along with complete and profound anesthesia. This might be possible with cryotherapy which is defned as the application of cold to a localized part of the body in order to block the conduction of nerve impulses . Exertion of cold not only reduces pain from edema and local inflammation but also accelerates and potentiates the nerve blocking effect of the local anesthetics. The efficacy of cold refrigerated lignocaine (4–6 °C) has been found to be effective with a faster onset and longer duration of inferior alveolar nerve block in mandibular molars diagnosed with SIP in an earlier study. In addition, literature evidence also suggests that topical cooling of injection site with ice sticks prior to infiltration anesthesia significantly reduced the pain on injection. The combination of topical ice application and injection of precooled LE effectively decreases the pain on injection. Further, administration of precooled 2% lignocaine HCl with epinephrine at 4–6 °C significantly reduces the time of onset of anesthesia associated with higher success rates, thereby eliminating the need for any supplemental injections when compared to conventional room temperature lignocaine HCl with epinephrine. Photobiomodulation has been considered nowadays as an adjunct to local anesthesia in the management of endodontic pain.Photobiomodulation processes can be studied at the local, regional, and systemic levels. As one of the intracellular processes, increasing mitochondrial metabolic activity leads to increased production of adenosine triphosphate (ATP), nitric oxide (NO), and reactive oxygen species (ROS). A photo-induced ROS stress response has been proposed as an essential component in laser induced analgesia.Hence, the purpose of this study is to compare and evaluate the combined effect of topical cooling of the injection site and administration of cold 2% lignocaine hydrochloride with 1:80,000 epinephrine against photobiomodulation of injection site prior to administration of 2% lignocaine hydrochloride with 1:80,000 epinephrine on onset of action, anesthetic efficacy, and pain on injection during infiltration anesthesia of maxillary molars with symptomatic irreversible pulpitis.

 
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