Mechanisms of Acupuncture Analgesia on Experimental Dental Pain - A Psychophysical Study (Phase1)

NACompletedINTERVENTIONAL
Enrollment

35

Participants

Timeline

Start Date

October 31, 2015

Primary Completion Date

March 31, 2016

Study Completion Date

March 31, 2016

Conditions
Experimental Dental Pain
Interventions
PROCEDURE

Acupuncture

Needle insertion and manipulation at 4 acupuncture points (bilateral LI4, right ST6 and ST7).

PROCEDURE

Sham-Acupuncture

Needle insertion and manipulation at 4 non-acupoints

PROCEDURE

No Acupuncture

Control intervention: No needle insertion and manipulation

Trial Locations (2)

8032

Clinic of Masticatory Disorders, Removable Prosthodontics, Geriatric and Special Care Dentistry Center of Dental Medicine University of Zurich, Zurich

8091

Institute for Complementary and Integrative Medicine, University Hospital Zurich, Zurich

All Listed Sponsors
collaborator

First Teaching Hospital of Tianjin University of Traditional Chinese Medicine

OTHER

collaborator

Charite University, Berlin, Germany

OTHER

lead

University of Zurich

OTHER

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