Pain, Symptomatic Irreversible Pulpitis
Conditions
Brief summary
Local anesthesia in the oral cavity is a pain full experience for the patient. All means should be made to reduce the pain and anxiety of the patient for needle stick procedures. My study aims in elevating the pain experienced by the patient during this procedure by using either cold application with ethyl chloride or 5% lidocaine gel.
Detailed description
Local anesthetic procedure is always a dreadful experience for the patient specially for the patients who are already in pain . It is a job of the dentist to provide a painless dental treatment from the very beginning. Most dental procedures require administration of local anesthesia for a painless procedure with local anesthesia procedure being painful itself with the administration of needle in the oral cavity. Dentist everyday in their practice utilise various techniques and procedures in alleviating this painful experience with either application of lidocaine gel or spray . Numbing the oral mucosa with cold application is well documented and tested therefore my study aims in application of ethyl chloride spray on cotton pallet for a duration of 30 seconds in producing the desired numbing effect of the oral mucosa before infiltration of local anesthesia in alleviating the needle prick sensation perceived by the patient. Pain level is assigned to one of four categorical scores using visual analogue scale 1. :None(0) 2. : Mild (1-3) 3. : Moderate (4-6) 4. : Severe (7-10)
Interventions
PROCEDUREEthyl chloride
Application of ethyl chloride for a cooling effect to numb the area for oral infiltration anesthetic
PROCEDURE5% lidocaine gel
Application of 5% lidocaine gel to numb the area for oral infiltration anesthetic
Sponsors
Altamash Institute of Dental Medicine
Study design
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Intervention model
PARALLEL
Primary purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
SINGLE (Subject)
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
ALL
Healthy volunteers
Yes
Inclusion criteria
* No medical history * No age restrictions * Patients suffering from Symptomatic Irreversible Pulpitis requiring buccal infiltration
Exclusion criteria
* Patients having any medical conditions considered to affect patient safety or the quality of the study * if they had any known hypersensitivity to local anaesthetics of amide type or any of the other contents in the substance used
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Post oral local anesthetic infiltration pain | immediately after completion of administration of oral local anesthetic infiltration within 60 seconds | Post administration of oral local anesthetic infiltration pain will be measured by using Visual Analogue Scale(VAS) which is an 10-point scale from 0-10 where 0 represents no pain and 10 represents the worst pain measured |
Countries
Pakistan
Outcome results
None listed