Title
Reducing pain using vibrating device during local anesthesia among Indian pediatric dental patients
Authors
Aanchal Banka1, Ruchi Gulati2, R Durga3, Ashtha Arya4, P Abarna5, Shemna MK6 & Pratik Surana7,*
Affiliation
1Department of Conservative Dentistry and Endodontics, Kalinga Institute of Dental Sciences, KIIT Deemed to be University, Bhubaneswar, Odisha-751024, India; 2Department of Dentistry, Atal Bihari Vajpayee Government Medical College, Vidisha, Madhya Pradesh, India; 3Department of Dentistry, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Gorakhpur, Uttar Pradesh, India; 4Department of Conservative Dentistry and Endodontics, SGT Dental College, Hospital and Research Institute, SGT University, Gurugram, Haryana- 122505, India; 5Consultant Orthodontist, Nagercoil, Tamilnadu, India; 6Department of Pediatric and Preventive dentistry, KMCT Dental College, Kozhikode, Kerala, India; 7Department of Periodontics and Preventive Dentistry, Maitri College of Dentistry and Research Centre, Durg, Chhattisgarh, India;*Corresponding author
Aanchal Banka - E-mail: aanchalbanka08@gmail.com; Phone: +91
Ruchi Gulati - E-mail: gulati.drruchi@gmail.com; Phone: +91
Durga R - E-mail: justmailme2089@gmail.com; Phone: +91
Ashtha Arya - Email: drashthaarya@yahoo.co.in; Phone: +91
Abarna P - E-mail: drabarnaortho19@gmail.com; Phone: +91
Shemna MK - E-mail: Mkshemna@gmail.com; Phone: +91
Pratik Surana- E-mail: suranadrpratik@gmail.com; Phone: +91
Article Type
Research Article
Date
Received July 1, 2024; Revised July 31, 2024; Accepted July 31, 2024, Published July 31, 2024
Abstract
The administration of local anesthesia constitutes one of the most anxiety-inducing and painful stimuli in pediatric dentistry. Therefore, it is of interest to evaluate the effectiveness of vibrating device in comparison to the conventional method for mitigating discomfort while administration of local anesthesia. A total of 30 children aged between 6 and 10 years, requiring local anesthesia for routine dental treatment, were allocated into two groups: a control group and an experimental group, with 15 children in each cohort. In the experimental group, a vibrating device was concurrently placed over the cheek during the administration of the local anesthesia. Pain and discomfort were assessed using both the Wong–Baker FACES Pain Rating Scale (WBFPRS) and the FLACC (Face, Legs, Activity, Cry, CONSOL ability) scale. It was observed that use of the vibrating device was found to be effective in reducing pain and discomfort during the administration of intraoral local anesthesia.
Keywords
Vibrating Device, Buzzy System, Pain
Citation
Banka et al. Bioinformation 20(7): 781-784 (2024)
Edited by
P Kangueane
ISSN
0973-2063
Publisher
License
This is an Open Access article which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly credited. This is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License.
