scholarly journals Guiding Pediatric Patients in Dental Appointments Through Local Anesthesia Sequence

2021 ◽  
Vol 12 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Nahid Ramazani

2015 ◽  
Vol 39 (5) ◽  
pp. 470-474 ◽  
Author(s):  
M Mittal ◽  
A Kumar ◽  
D Srivastava ◽  
P Sharma ◽  
S Sharma

Background: Local anesthetic injection is one of the most anxiety- provoking procedure for both children and adult patients in dentistry. A computerized system for slow delivery of local anesthetic has been developed as a possible solution to reduce the pain related to the local anesthetic injection. Study design: The present study was conducted to evaluate and compare pain perception rates in pediatric patients with computerized system and traditional methods, both objectively and subjectively. Study design: It was a randomized controlled study in one hundred children aged 8-12 years in healthy physical and mental state, assessed as being cooperative, requiring extraction of maxillary primary molars. Children were divided into two groups by random sampling - Group A received buccal and palatal infiltration injection using Wand, while Group B received buccal and palatal infiltration using traditional syringe. Visual Analog scale (VAS) was used for subjective evaluation of pain perception by patient. Sound, Eye, Motor (SEM) scale was used as an objective method where sound, eye and motor reactions of patient were observed and heart rate measurement using pulse oximeter was used as the physiological parameter for objective evaluation. Results: Patients experienced significantly less pain of injection with the computerized method during palatal infiltration, while less pain was not statistically significant during buccal infiltration. Heart rate increased during both buccal and palatal infiltration in traditional and computerized local anesthesia, but difference between traditional and computerized method was not statistically significant. Conclusion: It was concluded that pain perception was significantly more during traditional palatal infiltration injection as compared to computerized palatal infiltration, while there was no difference in pain perception during buccal infiltration in both the groups


2019 ◽  
pp. 74-76
Author(s):  
Vivek Padmanabhan ◽  
Ayesha Hameed ◽  
Huda Amjid Sheikh

Introduction: The fear of dentists is one of the major concerns why pediatric patients avoid dentists and thereby compromising their oral hygiene status. Injection of local anesthesia is considered to be the most dreaded procedures and dentists all over the world have adopted different techniques to allay the fear, pain and anxiety of the patients. Material and Methods: 54 children aged between 6-13 years were included in the study. A simple randomization was done and the children were divided into three groups. Application of topical anesthesia gel at the site of administration of local anesthesia, pre-cooling the anesthetic site with ice prior to the administration of local anesthesia, vibratory stimulus adjacent to the site of administration of local anesthesia using a powered toothbrush were the groups from 1-3 respectively. The pain perception during the administration of infiltration anesthesia was assessed using Wong-Baker Faces Pain Rating Scale. The statistical analysis was performed using SPSS software. Results: The greatest pain reduction was observed in the vibrations group with mean pain score 1.33 followed by pre cooling group with mean pain score 2.44 then topical anesthesia gel with mean score of 4.67. Mann-Whitney test showed that vibrations was statistical significant when compared with topical anesthesia and pre cooling before local anesthesia (P<0.003). Conclusions: Use of vibrations using powered tooth brush adjacent to the site of injection during Local Anesthesia (LA) is an easy, reliable and cost effective technique and was found to reduce discomfort and facilitate the management of pediatric patients.


2009 ◽  
Vol 10 (3) ◽  
pp. 43-50 ◽  
Author(s):  
Naser Asl Aminabadi ◽  
Ramin Mostofi Zadeh Farahani

Abstract Aim The aim of the study was to evaluate the effect of cooling the soft tissue of injection sites on the pain perceptions of pediatric patients during the administration of local anesthesia for routine dental procedures. Methods and Materials A total of 160 children aged 5-6 years were included in the present study. On a random basis, the subjects were allocated to the without ice pretreatment (WIP) group (topical anesthesia + counterstimulation + distraction) or the ice pretreatment (IP) group (cooling + topical anesthesia + counterstimulation + distraction). During the administration of an inferior alveolar nerve block, the children's behavior was assessed using the sound, eye, and motor (SEM) scale. The statistical analysis of data was performed based on the analysis of variance (ANOVA). Results There were no significant differences within the groups between the values of the sound, eye, and motor components for either the WIP or the IP groups (P>0.05). All three components of the SEM in the IP group were consistently lower than the WIP group (P<0.05). Moreover, the SEM value for the WIP group surpassed the IP group (P<0.05). Conclusions Cooling the site of infiltration block prior to the injection of local anesthesia significantly reduced the pain perceived during injection of local anesthetic agent in pediatric patients. Clinical Significance Pre-cooling of the soft tissues of an injection site prior to the administration of a local anesthetic can minimize the discomfort and anxiety associated with the injection procedure and facilitates the management of pediatric patients during this phase of a dental procedure. Citation Aminabadi NA, Farahani RMZ. The Effect of Pre-cooling the Injection Site on Pediatric Pain Perception during the Administration of Local Anesthesia. J Contemp Dent Pract 2009 May; (10)3:043-050.


2012 ◽  
Vol 36 (3) ◽  
pp. 245-250 ◽  
Author(s):  
D Ram ◽  
E Amir ◽  
R Keren ◽  
J Shapira ◽  
E Davidovich

Purpose: Local anesthesia by mandibular block or maxillary infiltration is commonly administered to children receiving dental treatment of primary molars. Discomfort, when presenting, most often involves the lower lip. The purpose of this study was to investigate whether children would be more opposed to attending a dental treatment following anesthesia by mandibular block than by maxillary infiltration. Methods: Each of 102 children in two age groups: 3 to 5 years, and 6 to 9 years, received the two types of local anesthesia at dental appointments one week apart. Their opposition to attending a subsequent appointment was assessed by parent report. Results: More adverse reactions were observed during and following anesthesia with mandibular block than with maxillary infiltration. Few of the children in either age group expressed opposition to attend a dental visit after receiving mandibular block or maxillary infiltration in the previous visit. Conclusions: Though more adverse reactions were observed in children following mandibular block than maxillary infiltration, this did not result in increased opposition to attend a subsequent dental appointment.


2008 ◽  
Vol 139 (8) ◽  
pp. 1095-1104 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mary Tavares ◽  
J. Max Goodson ◽  
Deborah Studen-Pavlovich ◽  
John A. Yagiela ◽  
Laura A. Navalta ◽  
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1987 ◽  
Vol 3 (4) ◽  
pp. 283
Author(s):  
A. B. Anderson ◽  
C. Colecchi ◽  
R. Baronowski ◽  
R. G. Longenecker ◽  
T. G. DeWitt

2003 ◽  
Vol 4 (2) ◽  
pp. 68-72 ◽  
Author(s):  
O. Manca ◽  
G.F. Pili ◽  
M.G. Murgia ◽  
A. Martorana ◽  
C. Setzu ◽  
...  

The choice of vascular access in hemodialysis pediatric patients can be challenging, due to the small diameter of vessels. In the last 19 years, 38 arteriovenous fistulas (AVF) for hemodialysis have been created on 21 patients; 25 of them were radio-cephalic AVF. The evaluation of the vessels was, in the majority of cases, done by clinical criteria. A local anesthesia was used in all surgical procedures. The percentage of early AVF failure was 24%. Long-term AVF survival was 97%, 65% and 55% at respectively 1, 3 and 5 years. Our data indicate that even in pediatric patients the radio-cephalic fistula is the first choice surgical procedure.


2007 ◽  
Vol 31 (1) ◽  
pp. 41-43 ◽  
Author(s):  
Diana Ram ◽  
Jacob Efrat ◽  
Naama Michovitz ◽  
Moti Moskovitz

The purpose of the study was to assess how children felt after dental treatment when receiving a popsicle or a toy. Each patient received either a popsicle or a toy after dental treatment on the first visit, and the other on the second visit. A significant difference (p=0.0235) was found 10 minutes and thereafter 30 minutes after dental treatment. More children reported feeling better when they received a popsicle than when they received a toy.


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