Efficacy of External Cold and a Vibrating Device in Reducing Discomfort of Dental Injections in Children

• Status: Unknown status
• Trial end date: 2017-06-01
• Target enrollment: 0
• Participant gender: All

Summary

Children in their seventh year of life (age range of 6 to 7 years) will be included in the study. All children included in the study would have to classified according to the Wright behavior classification as potentially co-operative and rated as per the Frankl behavior rating scale as positive (++) Group A and negative (-) Group B . All children included must have had no prior experience of dental anesthesia and must have at least one tooth requiring restorative procedure on either side of the maxillary arch. Intervention Description

1. Regular Anesthesia All the subjects received local anesthesia injection in maxillary arch as is commonly practiced in dental clinics. Information obtained before assignment of intervention or standard care included age, gender, type of injection given alongside the vibration device will be recorded beforehand. During the delivery of anesthesia for all the groups, anticipated and actual pain will be recorded to show the impact of anxiety on the experience of participants. During the entire process, all participants will use standard needles with confirmed specification to control for any potential confounders

2. Buzzy® The use of the external cold and a vibrating Device will follow the manufacturer's recommendations to ensure that normal clinical scenario is created.

• Phase: N/A
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers?: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Details

• Lead Sponsor: Riyadh Colleges of Dentistry and Pharmacy
• Treatments: Lidocaine

Criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

• No prior experience of dental anesthesia

• At least one upper tooth on either side requiring anesthesia before restoration

Exclusion Criteria:

• History of mental illness

• Extensive hospitalization for chronic illness

• Past history of surgery