Pain management during needle insertion with low level laser
Ghaderi F, Ghaderi R, Davarmanesh M, Bayani M, Arabzade Moghadam S
European journal of paediatric dentistry · 33 citations
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How it was studied
- Design
- Cohort study (indexed by PubMed)
- Studied in
- People
- Main outcome
- Health markers and function
Who paid for it
- Funding
- Funding not disclosed
Publication
- Published
- 2016-06-01 · Eur J Paediatr Dent · vol. 17 · issue 2 · pp. 151–4
- Publisher
- National Institutes of Health
- Cited
- 46 citations · more than 86% of similar papers · 2.3× the field average
- References
- 0 works
- Access
- Paywalled
- Research areas
- Dental Anxiety and Anesthesia Techniques · Laser Applications in Dentistry and Medicine · Dental Research and COVID-19
- Keywords
- Benzocaine, Medicine, Lidocaine, Visual analogue scale, Anesthesia, Surgery, Local anaesthetic, Intramuscular injection
- MeSH
- humans, prospective studies, single-blind method, needles, adult, female, male, young adult, pain management
5 authors
From IR
- Faezeh GhaderiShiraz University of Medical Sciences
- R GhaderiBirjand University of Medical Sciences
- Mehdy DavarmaneshShiraz University of Medical Sciences
- Mojtaba BayaniShiraz University of Medical Sciences
- Soma Arabzade MoghadamShiraz University of Medical Sciences
Abstract
Aim
To date, there is no safe, effective, and rapid method to eliminate the pain associated with needle insertion. It is noticed that using a low-energy laser before intradermal and intramuscular injection would help rapid local anaesthesia with a lidocaine product. However, there is no valuable data on the effect of the concomitant use of laser and benzocaine as a pre-treatment option, compared to local application of benzocaine products alone before needle insertion.
Materials and methods
A prospective single-blind clinical trial was designed to assess pain perception during needle insertion into mucosa in 66 healthy volunteer dental students. They received a topical anaesthetic agent on one side (control) applied for one minute and a topical anaesthetic agent plus low-power laser on the other side (experimental) prior to needle insertion. The first pre-treatment method was chosen based on block randomisation table. A dentist recorded the subjects' reaction based on the visual analogue scale (VAS) during insertion of needle in the two groups. SPSS version 15 was used for data analysis. The statistical significant level was defined at P-value< 0.01.
Results
The mean scores of VAS for the experimental and control groups was 21± and 19± 2.70 respectively, with a statistically significant higher VAS score in the experimental group, although it was not clinically significant.
Conclusion
Simultaneous application of laser with local anaesthetic products containing benzocaine in the buccal mucosa before dental needle insertion does not reduce pain perception.
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