Comparison of time at which the patient starts feeling the numbness and its duration and quality after local anesthesia injection using computerised injection system
- Conditions
- Health Condition 1: null- Bilateral mandibular molars with asymptomatic apical periodontitis
- Registration Number
- CTRI/2018/04/013077
- Lead Sponsor
- Dr Neha Deshpande
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Completed
- Sex
- Not specified
- Target Recruitment
- 105
Patients willing to participate in the study
Age group : 20 - 45 years
Patients who require local anesthetic injections on at least 2 occassions on bilateral mandibular molars for endodontic procedures
Mandibular permanent molars, with fully formed roots (confirmed by periapical radiograph) with asymptomatic apical periodontitis and asymptomatic pulpitis
Pulp tests: Delayed response with Electric pulp tester(EPT)
Radiograph : Widening of PDL space with intact lamina dura
Patients would not have undergone any previous dental local anesthetic experience, in order to be not influenced by a positive or a negative memory
Patient would not have taken any medication for the past 2 weeks
Patients not willing to participate in the study
Pregnant patients
History of allergy to the components of the local anesthetic solutions
Patients who received local anesthesia before the experiment
Subjects with systemic diseases
Patients on any kind of medication
Patients with psychiatric illness
Unco-operative patients
Active sites of infection in the area of injection
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Anesthetic effect of 4% Articaine with 1:100,000 epinephrineTimepoint: Onset: time when the patient starts feeling tingling sensation on the lip <br/ ><br>Duration : time when the patient stops feeling any numbness <br/ ><br> <br/ ><br>Duration :
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Effect of anesthesia or depth of anesthesiaTimepoint: Any pain during treatment is considered anesthesia failure