Making Needle Shots Less Scary for Kids: Comparing Regular and Kid-Friendly Syringes for Pain Relief

Assessing behaviour and anxiety among 3-9-year-old children during local anesthesia administration using conventional and camouflaged syringes-a split mouth design

Status

Active, not recruiting

Phases

Phase 4

Study type

Interventional

Source

CTRI

Registry ID

CTRI/2023/08/056189

Enrollment

Registered

2023-08-07

Start date

Unknown

Completion date

Unknown

Last updated

2023-09-18

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Conditions

Health Condition 1: K088- Other specified disorders of teethand supporting structures

Interventions

Intervention1: Camouflaged syringes: Camouflaged syringes were used as a split mouth design for local anesthesia administration in all children included in the study Control Intervention1: Syringes: n

Eligibility

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: Girls and boys of the age group 3-9 years having their first dental visit Belonging to Frankl’s positive and definitely positive behaviour Requiring block administrations for pulpectomy and extractions in primary mandibular teeth in atleast two quadrants were included in the study.

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: All patients belonging to Frankl’s negative and definitely negative behaviour Conditions that required emergency treatment Unpleasant dental experiences in the past Children lacking cooperative behaviour and medically compromised patients were excluded from the study.

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
Behaviour modificationTimepoint: 2 weeks	—

Secondary

Measure	Time frame
Dental AnxietyTimepoint: 2 weeks	—

Countries

India

Contacts

Public ContactSowndarya Gunasekaran

Vinayaka Mission’s Sankarachariyar Dental College

sowndaryagunasekaran@gmail.com9994506721

Outcome results

None listed

Source: CTRI (via WHO ICTRP) · Data processed: Feb 6, 2026