RCT on the effectiveness of the intraligamentary anesthesia and inferior alveolar nerve block on pain during dental treatment.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To compare the effectiveness and complications of intraligamentary anesthesia (ILA) with conventional inferior alveolar nerve block (IANB) during injection and dental treatment of mandibular posterior teeth.

Materials and methods

In this randomized, prospective clinical trial, 72 patients (39 males, 33 females), scheduled for dental treatment of mandibular posterior teeth, were randomly allocated to ILA group (n = 35) received ILA injection or IANB group (n = 37) received the conventional IANB. Our primary outcome was to assess pain and stress (discomfort) during the injection and dental treatment, using the numeric rating scale (NRS) from 0 to 10 (0 = no pain, 10= the worst pain imaginable), whereas recording 24-h postoperative complications was our secondary outc

SUBMITTER: Youssef BR 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8342397 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature