# This Study Compares Two Different Ways of Cleaning and Shaping Root Canals During Root-canal Treatment: the Step-down Technique and the Step-back Technique. Iu Want to Find Out Which Method Causes Less Pain After the Procedure. Patients Will be Randomly Placed Into One of the Two Groups, Treated Wit

> **NCT07290192** · NA · NOT_YET_RECRUITING · sponsor: **Armed Forces Post Graduate Medical Institute (AFPGMI), Rawalpindi** · enrollment: 110 (estimated)

## Conditions studied

- Pulp Necrosis

## Interventions

- **PROCEDURE:** Step down technique

## Key facts

- **NCT ID:** NCT07290192
- **Lead sponsor:** Armed Forces Post Graduate Medical Institute (AFPGMI), Rawalpindi
- **Sponsor class:** OTHER
- **Phase:** NA
- **Study type:** INTERVENTIONAL
- **Status:** NOT_YET_RECRUITING
- **Start date:** 2026-02-01
- **Primary completion:** 2026-08-01
- **Final completion:** 2027-02-01
- **Target enrollment:** 110 (ESTIMATED)
- **Last updated:** 2025-12-18


## Primary source

ClinicalTrials.gov registry: https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT07290192

## Citation

> US National Library of Medicine, ClinicalTrials.gov registration NCT07290192, "This Study Compares Two Different Ways of Cleaning and Shaping Root Canals During Root-canal Treatment: the Step-down Technique and the Step-back Technique. Iu Want to Find Out Which Method Causes Less Pain After the Procedure. Patients Will be Randomly Placed Into One of the Two Groups, Treated Wit". Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-06-02 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/clinical/NCT07290192. Licensed CC0.

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