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Exploration of the Utility of Dental-dedicated MRI for Dentistry

University of Minnesota · with Dentsply North America LLC, Siemens Medical Solutions USA Inc. (Siemens Healthineers) · NCT06948162

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Key facts

Compensation
Not posted. Ask the study team before screening.
Who can join
Ages 18+ · All sexes
Healthy volunteers
Accepted
Study type
Observational
Target enrollment
500
US sites recruiting
1
Study start
March 17, 2025
Record last updated
August 25, 2026

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What the study is about

This description observational research is comparative in design, that is comparing existing standard clinical dental images, not obtained in this study, to test (i.e., ddMRI) images. The standard clinical dental images consist of radiographs, such as bitewings, periapical, panoramic, cone-beam CT, and medical CT, as well medical MRIs of the temporomandibular joints (TMJ).The conceptualization of research questions, study designing, and interpretation of imaging data has and will involve content expertise in all ddMRI research.

Being studied: dental-dedicated MRI (ddMRI)

Conditions: Dental Crowding; Dental Occlusion, Traumatic; Endodontic Disease; Orthodontic Treatment; Endodontic Lesions; PeriodontalConditions; Oral Surgery Conditions; Tooth Extractions; Local Anesthesia; Traumatic Dental Pain; TMJ; Orthodontics; Endodontic Histopathology; Periodontal Diseases

Eligibility criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

  • Patient Age: 18 years old or older
  • Receiving imaging for routine dental care
  • Does not have a serious medical condition
  • Is not pregnant or is not potentially pregnant
  • Is willing and able to give consent in English
  • Has the ability to manage their own calendar and schedule appointments
  • Willing to have a separate 2-hour appointment to have an MRI

Exclusion Criteria

  • Unable to consent to participant in English
  • Serious health condition, which includes but not limited to renal failure/on dialysis, unstable heart disease (uncontrolled arrhythmia, cardiomyopathy and/or unable to lay flat, within 1 month of cardiac catheterization or myocardial infarction), unstable cerebral vascular disease (within 1 month of stroke and/or stent placement), diabetes (type I or II) not controlled by medication or diet, uncontrolled seizures, uncontrolled hyperthyroidism, non-allergic bronchospasm (chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and emphysema), uncontrolled movement disorder, and liver failure
  • Pregnant and/or intending to become pregnant,
  • Prisoner and/or not able to manage their own scheduling
  • Screen positive on MR safety questionnaire, specifically including people that have worked with or otherwise been exposed to metal particles and have the potential for such particles to be embedded within them.

Recruiting US locations

  • Orofacial MRI Center(OMRIC), University of Minnesota, School of Dentistry, Malcolm Moos Health Sciences Tower, 515 Delaware St. SE,

    Minneapolis, MN 55455

    Site contact: Rania Nuwailati, BDS, MS, PhD · 612-626-8431 · Nuwai003@umn.edu

Study contacts (from the official record)

  • Kelli Trauger, MS, DH, RF · 612-624-2231 · ohcrc@umn.edu
  • Sara Duffy, BS, · 612-626-1025 · ohcrc@umn.edu
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