Efficacy of vibrotactile device DentalVibe in reducing injection pain and anxiety during local anaesthesia in paediatric dental patients: a study protocol for a randomised controlled clinical trial.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

A current non-pharmacological mean for attaining painless local anaesthesia (LA) is presented by vibrotactile devices. Their concept is to reduce injection pain due to distraction by applying physical stimuli which interfere with pain signals. The aim of this study is to determine the efficacy of the DentalVibe (DV) device in reducing pain and anxiety associated with LA in paediatric patients.

Methods and analysis

The proposed study is a randomised controlled clinical trial with split-mouth design. Included are positive patients aged 8-12 years, requiring buccal infiltration for extraction of two bilateral primary maxillary molars. After dental fear measurement, eligible patients undergo two single-visit treatments with DV device allocated to either first or sec

SUBMITTER: Veneva E 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6609117 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature