Dental Caries
Conditions
Interventions
This is a crossover, double-blind, randomized clinical trial involving 32 participants. A researcher (researcher #1), with no direct participation in the procedures performance or pain assessments, ra
Sponsors
Universidade Federal de Sergipe
Universidade Federal de Sergipe
Eligibility
Age
18 Years to 30 Years
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: Both genders; age between 18 and 30 years; any ethnicity; any marital status; any nationality; any place of birth; with previous experience of local anesthesia without intercurrences; not having undergone infiltrative anesthesia in the region in the two weeks prior to the study; and not having used any medication capable of altering pain perception in the two weeks prior to the study
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: Age lower than 18 years or higher than 30 years old; pregnant or lactating women; history of hypersensitivity to the drugs used in the study; alcohol abuse or drug dependence; psychiatric disorders or systemic diseases; being under treatment with CNS-acting drugs; use of drugs capable of altering pain perception in the two weeks preceding the study; and moderate anxiety or higher (over 9), based on Corah's Dental Anxiety Scale
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Expected outcome: It is expected to find lower levels of pain during nasopalatine nerve block with the Morpheus® device during puncture, needle insertion and anesthetic deposition, verified by means of the Visual Analog Scale immediately after the anesthetic injection;Obtained outcome: It was observed statistically lower pain levels during nasopalatine nerve block with the Morpheus® device during the puncture, needle introduction, and local anesthetic deposition, verified by means of the Visual Analog Scale immediately after the anesthetic injection | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| No secondary outcomes are expected | — |
Countries
Brazil
Contacts
Public ContactJohn Pinho
Universidade Federal de Sergipe
Outcome results
None listed