EMLA Topical Anesthetic During Scaling and Root Planing

• Status: Completed
• Trial end date: 2012-03-01
• Target enrollment: 0
• Participant gender: All

Summary

Injectable anesthesics previous to subgingival scaling and root planing (SRP) presents some disadvantages like fear of the needle insertion, long-lasting effect and prolonged dampening of adjacent tissues. This study will compare the intrapocket anesthetic effectiveness of a skin topical anesthesic EMLA with intrapocket 2% benzocaine, intrapocket placebo and injectable anaesthesia for SRP in a Split-mouth, double-blind, clinical trial study.

• Phase: N/A
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers?: No

Details

• Lead Sponsor: Franciscan University Center
• Treatments: Anesthetics; Anesthetics, Local; Benzocaine; EMLA; Lidocaine; Prilocaine

Criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

• eligible individuals for the study were selected from those requiring SRP with at least 2 experimental teeth in four of the six sextants.

• each experimental teeth had to present ≥ 1 site with probing depth ≥ 5 mm associated with BP after treatment of gingivitis (without marginal bleeding).

• furthermore, individual should present ≥ 18 years-old, have not ever done periodontal treatment and be able to understand Verbal Scale (VS) and Visual Analog Scale (VAS).

Exclusion criteria:

• patients that related allergy history or sensitivity reaction to any used amide or ester anesthetics form,

• who received anesthesia or sedation 12 hours before SRP,

• who presented ulcerated lesions or abscesses in the oral cavity,

• who presented oral pathologies with immediate surgical,

• who had prior abuse alcohol history, pregnant women,

• who presented uncontrolled hypertension or

• who had participated in a clinical trial of investigational drug before four months from the beginning of this study.