Pain and Anxiety Evaluation in Children Using Different Techniques of Local Anesthesia for Dental Treatment
Status:
Completed
Trial end date:
2019-03-01
Target enrollment:
Participant gender:
Summary
Fear and dental anxiety are often associated with the use of needles and syringes for local
anesthesia, and painful perception during the administration of local anesthetics is often
the main reason for anxiety behaviors and defensive reactions. Dental trauma originates in
childhood, through experience misconduct. The objective of this study is to evaluate the pain
and anxiety related to 4 different modalities of anesthesia in children. Will be selected
volunteers aged between 5 and 12 years who need restorative dental treatment in posterior
teeth in the upper 2 quadrants. All patients will receive 1 modality of anesthesia:
conventional anesthesia (control group), computerized anesthesia, Dental Vibe anesthesia and
computerized anesthesia + DentalVibe anesthesia. Evaluations will be made with physiological
and behavioral criteria. For the physiological evaluation will be measured the blood
pressure, respiratory rate, heart rate, oximetry and salivary cortisol before and during each
anesthesia. As criteria for evaluation of anxiety will be applied the methods, Corah and
modified VPT before anesthesia and modified VPT will be repeated after anesthesia. The pain
will be assessed at the end of each anesthesia with Visual Analogue Scale (VAS) and Wong
Baker Faces. The results will be submitted to parametric and non-parametric statistical
analysis, according to the data obtained in the different evaluation criteria.