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Intraosseous Local Anesthesia System in Children With Molar Incisor Hypomineralization

Not Applicable
Recruiting
Conditions
Molar Incisor Hypomineralization
Hypersensitivity
Composite Restoration
Registration Number
NCT06461143
Lead Sponsor
Istanbul University
Brief Summary

The goal of this clinical trial is to compare in effectiveness of intraosseous anesthesia and inferior alveolar block anesthesia in children with molar incisor hypomineralization (MIH). The main question it aims to answer are:

- Is intraosseous anesthesia is more effective in pain control when restoring hypersensitive teeth with MIH?

Detailed Description

The anxiety experienced by pediatric patients is one of the biggest problems that dentists encounter in practice and is closely related to their current oral health. Studies have shown that dental anxiety depends on many factors, but the pain that is thought to occur during the procedure is one of the most important reasons for the formation of dental anxiety. Painful dental procedures cause anxiety, and anxiety prolongs the duration and increases the severity of the pain felt. For this reason, coping with dentist anxiety at an early age and practices that will enable painless dental treatment in pediatric patients should be emphasized. Behavioral guidance techniques and pain management are used to minimize the pain felt during dental treatment.

Various strategies, devices or techniques have been developed to reduce or eliminate pain occurring during local anesthesia injection. Intraosseous injection is an anesthesia with a high success rate. Anesthesia begins in a short time following the injection, it does not cause numbness in the tongue-lips-cheek, there is almost no injection pain, and less anesthetic solution is used compared to traditional nerve block techniques.

Situations that cause dental anxiety in pediatric patients include children with hypersensitive teeth. Molar incisor hypomineralization (MIH) is a qualitative developmental enamel defect affecting at least one permanent molar. The color of these defects can vary from white to yellow and brown, and especially in severe cases, enamel destruction may occur after application. MIH; dental hypersensitivity is among the most complicated cases that require management of various clinical difficulties in pediatric dentistry, such as failure to provide adequate analgesia/anesthesia, increased risk of carious lesion formation, increased dental anxiety, and increased aesthetic anxiety.

MIH continues to be a subject that continues to be researched in pediatric dentistry. Pediatric dentists encounter difficulties in providing adequate depth of anesthesia in restorative treatments, especially in cases of MIH type 3 and type 4 accompanied by hypersensitivity. This thesis study aims to examine the effect of intraosseous anesthesia on procedural pain in patients with MIH who have hypersensitivity problems.

As a result of the literature review, the following hypothesis was put forward: There is no significant difference in terms of pain perception between intraosseous anesthesia and traditional metal syringe anesthesia in children with MIH.

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status
RECRUITING
Sex
All
Target Recruitment
80
Inclusion Criteria
  • Individuals applying the Department of Pedodontics, Istanbul University Faculty of Dentistry,
  • Systemically healthy,
  • Without any allergies,
  • Having at least one mandibular first molar with molar incisor hypomineralization (MIH),
  • Treatment need index 2 and 4,
  • Having a radiographically advanced decay lesion involving dentin (outer ½),
  • Possessing sufficient cooperation skills (Frankl scale 3 and 4),
  • Between the ages of 6-8,
  • Both male and female volunteers will be included.
Exclusion Criteria

Study & Design

Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Study Design
PARALLEL
Primary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Wong-Baker FACES Pain Rating ScaleTo be measured 2 times on the day of treatment: 1. After local anesthesia application 2. After restoration

Patient-reported pain. The scale contains a series of six faces ranging from a happy face at 0 to indicate "no hurt" to a crying face at 10 to indicate "hurts worst."

Secondary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Frankl behaviour rating scaleTo be measured 3 times on the day of treatment: 1. Before local anesthesia 2. During local anesthesia 3. During whole treatment

Behaviour assessment. The Frankl scale is an ordinal scale with 4 ratings used to describe a child's behavior from definitely negative (1), negative (2), positive (3), and definitely positive (4).

Pulse rateTo be measured 3 times on the day of treatment: 1. Before local anesthesia 2. After local anesthesia 3. After restoration

Pulse rate

Blood pressureTo be measured 3 times on the day of treatment: 1. Before local anesthesia 2. After local anesthesia 3. After restoration

Blood pressure

MCDAS(f) Turkish versionTo be measured 2 times on the day of treatment: 1. In the waiting room before treatment 2. After treatment

Dental anxiety. Scores on the MCDAS(f) scale may range from 8 to 40, with scores below 19 indicating absence of state anxiety, scores higher than 19 indicating the pres- ence of state anxiety and scores higher than 31, in- dicating severe phobic disorder.

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Istanbul University, Faculty of Dentistry, Department of Pedodontics

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Istanbul, Turkey

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