The effect of vibration on anxiety and pain during a dental shot in children

The effect of vibration on anxiety and pain during injections of local anesthesia in children

Status

Recruiting

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Interventional

Source

ISRCTN

Registry ID

ISRCTN43760800

Enrollment

Registered

2021-05-10

Start date

2021-04-28

Completion date

Unknown

Last updated

2021-05-24

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Conditions

Pain perception during injections of local anesthesia Oral Health

Interventions

This study is conducted using a split-mouth design. Each child is subjected to both anesthetic injections, the conventional injection and the vibration-assisted injection, at two separate dental visit

Vibraject® MiltexInc LLC., York, PA, USA) is used or not for the first visit the operator selects one of two cards with either the letter V or C printed on (denoting vibration-assisted or conventional

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

All

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: 1. Medically fit children 2. Required bilateral maxillary dental treatment 3. Positive or definitely positive behavior

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: 1. Children suffering from medical illness 2. Cannot comprehend the pain measures 3. Negative or definitely negative behavior

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
1. Pain measured using the visual analogue score (VAS) at the end of anaesthesia 2. Anxiety measured using the faces anxiety scale (FAS) at the anaesthesia administration time	—

Secondary

Measure	Time frame
There are no secondary outcome measures	—

Countries

Syria

Outcome results

None listed

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