Jet Injectors Versus Conventional Anesthetic Technique in Children

Launched by MANSOURA UNIVERSITY · Mar 13, 2024

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Cooperative healthy seventy-six children required pulpotomy treatment in primary molars aged 4 to 7 years with no previous dental local anesthetic experience, were recruited from the pediatric dental clinic, Faculty of Dentistry, Mansoura university. The patients' behavior was categorized as positive or definitely positive according to Frankl Behavior Scale. All children were divided randomly into two main groups (38 each), control group I (conventional needle) and experimental group II (Comfort-in). Then two sub-group were constructed, each consists of 19 children. Sub-group I A and II A (...

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Eligibility criteria

• Inclusion Criteria:
• • 1. Children who require local anesthetic injection for pulpotomy.
• • 2. Cooperative children (positive or definitely positive on Frankel's scale).
• • 3. Children who had no previous dental local anesthetic experience, to avoid the influence of a negative or positive memory.
• • 4. Children who have been determined to be healthy and free of systemic diseases.
• • 5. Children who do not have any contraindications for administering a local anesthetic agent.
• Exclusion Criteria:
• • 1. Children suffering from medical illness, neurosensory disturbances, and psychiatric disorders.
• • 2. Children who could not comprehend the pain measures.
• • 3. Children with emergencies and acute dental conditions.