Effectiveness of Pre-cooling the Injection Site, Laser Biostimulation, and Topical Local Anesthetic Gel in Reduction of Local Anesthesia Injection Pain in Children
Ippili AmruthaVarshini, Chaitanya Penmatsa
Abstract
AIM AND OBJECTIVE: Evaluation of the effectiveness of laser biostimulation (LBS), ice, and local anesthetic (LA) gel in reducing the injection pain during administration of local anesthesia in children. MATERIALS AND METHODS: tests were performed for intragroup and intergroup comparisons, respectively. RESULTS: Lower pain score of zero suggesting no hurt was given by more children in the ice group, followed by LA gel and LBS groups in both the scales. The differences in pain scores recorded were found to be statistically significant. CONCLUSION: Ice is found to be equally effective as LA gel, whereas low-level laser therapy is less effective compared to the other two techniques in reducing the injection pain during administration of maxillary posterior buccal infiltration in children. CLINICAL SIGNIFICANCE: Pain management during LA injection is a critical step in gaining initial trust and during the subsequent treatment visits. The present study suggests that simple methods like pre-cooling the injection site with ice can be used as an effective non-pharmacological technique to reduce injection pain. HOW TO CITE THIS ARTICLE: Effectiveness of Pre-cooling the Injection Site, Laser Biostimulation, and Topical Local Anesthetic Gel in Reduction of Local Anesthesia Injection Pain in Children. Int J Clin Pediatr Dent 2021;14(1):81-83.