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A Study Comparing Two Types of Dental Anesthesia for numbing children teeth

Comparative Study to Evaluate the Anesthetic Efficacy and Pain Perception of Buffered 4% Articaine Versus Buffered 2% Lidocaine with Local Anesthesia in Children : A Randomized Split Mouth Control Trial - NIL

Status
Active, not recruiting
Phases
Unknown
Study type
Interventional
Source
CTRI
Registry ID
CTRI/2025/05/087625
Enrollment
50
Registered
2025-05-26
Start date
Unknown
Completion date
Unknown
Last updated
2025-06-24

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

Conditions

Health Condition 1: K049- Other and unspecified diseases ofpulp and periapical tissues

Interventions

Sponsors

Ashish Suresh
Lead Sponsor

Eligibility

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: 1.Children who are between 6 to 12 years old 2.Healthy children (ASA I) 3.Body weight within the Inter Quartile Range (IQR) for this age group as defined by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 4.Willingness to participate in two sessions 5.No history of adverse reaction to anesthetic. 6.Children with no Physical or Cognitive disablities 7.Patient reporting to the dental operatory for the first time to minimize behavioural bias 8.Children requiring pulp therapy procedures

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: 1.Allergy to lidocaine anesthetic drugs 2.Local anesthetic drug administered within the week before the session in which they participated 3.Highly symptomatic teeth 4.Localised Lesion at the site of infection 5.Children with prior dental experience 6.Patients with developmental or linguistic disorders who cannot communicate properly 7.Children with medications which affect behaviour 8.Medically and systematically compromised patients 9.Patients with cognitive impairments or special needs

Design outcomes

Primary

MeasureTime frame
Pain perception using VAS and FLACC scaleTimepoint: At baseline

Secondary

MeasureTime frame
The start of the action, duration of postoperative analgesia, & occurrence of any problems. The duration of anesthesia was assessed by the feeling of numbness & the first sign of pain.Timepoint: At baseline

Countries

India

Contacts

Public ContactSunnypriyatham Tirupathi

Saveetha Dental College and Hospitals

dr.priyatham@gmail.com9490549454

Outcome results

None listed

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