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A clinical trial to study the pain induced during injection of local anesthesia

Evaluation of the effect of topical anaesthesia and a modified infiltration technique on pain during injection- A double blind clinical trial - TAMIT

Status
Active, not recruiting
Phases
Unknown
Study type
Interventional
Source
CTRI
Registry ID
CTRI/2020/12/029561
Enrollment
30
Registered
2020-12-04
Start date
Unknown
Completion date
Unknown
Last updated
2021-11-24

For informational purposes only — not medical advice. Sourced from public registries and may not reflect the latest updates. Terms

Conditions

None listed

Interventions

Intervention1: Precaine gel: Precaine gel (Lidocaine 8%, Dibucaine 0.8%) (Pascal Co Inc, Bellevue, WA, USA) Control Intervention1: Placebo gel: water based gel

Sponsors

Dr Arunajatesan Subbiya MDS
Lead Sponsor

Eligibility

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: Healthy human volunteers -Adult males / females Age : 25 to 40 yrs Sex : Male and female No systemic disease No use of analgesics, sedatives, or anti-anxiety medications for at least 2 weeks before the study Presence of an intact or minimally restored maxillary central incisor No tenderness to percussion and palpation. The diagnosis of a clinically normal pulp confirmed by the electric pulp test.

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: Pregnancy Presence of systemic disease, medically compromised patients Presence of sensitivity to lidocaine or dibucaine Presence of deep carious lesion involving pulp of maxillary central incisor Tenderness to percussion and palpation present

Design outcomes

Secondary

MeasureTime frame
Degree of pain after 24 hrs of injection in a scale of 0to10Timepoint: 24hrs

Primary

MeasureTime frame
Degree of pain during injection in a scale of 0 to 10Timepoint: 1-immediate 2-after 24 hrs

Countries

India

Contacts

Public ContactDr Arunajatesan Subbiya MDS

Sree Balaji Dental college & Hospital

drsubbiya@gmail.com09840197437

Outcome results

None listed

Source: CTRI (via WHO ICTRP) · Data processed: Feb 4, 2026