JOURNAL OF UPDATES IN PEDIATRIC DENTISTRY - Volume 1 Issue 1, Volume 1, Issue 1, January-June 2022

Pages: 39-46

A comparative study on pain perception in children, after application of pre-cooled and plain topical anesthetic gel during needle insertion for local anesthetic administration- In-vivo trial

Swapna S. Virdikar, Attiguppe R. Prabhakar, N. Basappa

Category: Pediatric Dentistry

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Abstract:

Aim: Comparison of efficacy of Pre-cooled and plain 5% lidocaine topical gel on pain perception during needle insertion during LA administration in children.

Methods: Thirty children requiring bilateral infiltration anaesthesia of the age 6-10 years were selected for this split mouth study. Each injection site was randomly allotted to the control and intervention groups. Pulse rate, blood pressure was evaluated before; during and after LA infiltration and pain perception was evaluated using Won bakers scale. Data was statistically analysed using independent t-test and Man Whitney-U test (p-value <0.05).

Results: The results obtained with intervention group, during LA administration was statistically significant with respect to pulse rate, diastolic blood pressure and pain perception (p-value=0.001).

Conclusion: Pain experienced after application of pre-cooled topical anesthetic gel before LA infiltration is less compared to plain topical gel.

Keywords: Topical anesthesia, Pre-cooling, Cryoanesthesia, pain perception.

DOI: 10.54276/JUPD.2021.1107

DOI URL: http://doi.org/10.54276/JUPD.2021.1107