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Clinical Trials/NCT05473819
NCT05473819
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Effectiveness of Sodium Bicarbonate Buffered Anaesthetic Solution on Pain During Inferior Alveolar Nerve Block in Children : a Randomised Controlled Clinical Trial

Alexandria University1 site in 1 country27 target enrollmentMay 15, 2022

Overview

Phase
Not Applicable
Intervention
Buffered Local Anesthesia
Conditions
Local Anesthesia
Sponsor
Alexandria University
Enrollment
27
Locations
1
Primary Endpoint
Pain during inferior alveolar nerve block injection
Last Updated
3 years ago

Overview

Brief Summary

This study will test the effectiveness of addition of Sodium Bicarbonate as a buffering agent to the anaesthetic solution on minimizing the pain of injection and increasing the onset time and potency of the anaesthetic solution in children

Detailed Description

27 healthy cooperative children will be enrolled in the study after taking their guardians' informed consent. The study design will be a split mouth design where each patient will be received buffered anaesthetic solution (8.4% sodium bicarbonate will be added to the anaesthetic solution in ratio 1:19) in one side and conventional anaesthetic solution (4% articaine HCL with 1:1000000 epinephrine) in the other side. The pain during injection for each patient in both sides will be then compared using objective and subjective methods. The onset time of the anaesthesia in both sides will also be compared for each patient using Transcutaneous electric nerve stimulator device (TENS) The results will be collected and mentioned.

Registry
clinicaltrials.gov
Start Date
May 15, 2022
End Date
September 1, 2022
Last Updated
3 years ago
Study Type
Interventional
Study Design
Crossover
Sex
All

Investigators

Responsible Party
Sponsor

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion Criteria

  • Age range from 5 - 7 years.
  • Children free of any systemic disease or special health care need (ASA I).
  • No previous bad dental experience.
  • Positive or definitely positive behaviour during preoperative assessments according to the Frankl Rating Scale (score 3 or 4)
  • Patients whom their lower primary molars bilaterally are indicated for pulpotomy.
  • Patients whom their parents will give consent to participate.
  • Patients who give multiple reliable responses while using the transcutaneous electric nerve stimulator device.

Exclusion Criteria

  • Active sites of pathosis in area of injection that could affect anaesthetic assessment.
  • History of allergy to local anaesthesia.
  • Root resorption affecting more than one third of the root length.
  • Fractured crowns due to trauma.
  • Clinical signs and symptoms of pulp degeneration such as swelling or sinus tracts
  • Radiographic evidence of periapical or interradicular radiolucency
  • Non restorable crowns.
  • Signs of mobility.
  • Ankylosed roots.

Arms & Interventions

Buffered Anaesthetic solution

8.4% sodium bicarbonate will be added to the 4% articaine HCL with 1:1000000 epinephrine carpule in ratio 19:1 the Articaine to the Sodium bicarbonate

Intervention: Buffered Local Anesthesia

Conventional Anaesthetic solution

4% Articaine HCL with 1:1000000 epinephrine Anaesthetic carpule

Intervention: Conventional Unbuffered Local Anesthesia

Outcomes

Primary Outcomes

Pain during inferior alveolar nerve block injection

Time Frame: during local anesthesia administration

Sound, Eye, Motor (SEM) Scale (Appendix II), will be used as an objective method for pain assessment. It comprises the following parameters: (1) Sound, (2) Eye, (3) Motor. For each child, the sounds, eye symptoms and body movements will be evaluated by the operator using the recorded video tapes. The slightest manifestations of the sound, eyes, or motion of the patient is graded in four levels: comfort, mild, moderate, and severe discomfort, and subsequently given grades 1 (comfort), 2 (mild discomfort), 3 (moderate discomfort), and 4 (severe discomfort), respectively. SEM score will be calculated by summing the three grades of the parameters

Secondary Outcomes

  • the onset time of the Anaesthesia(after local anesthesia administration)

Study Sites (1)

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