to evaluate the change in pain felt by child patients when local anesthetic solution heated to 42°C before injection.

Not yet recruiting

• Conditions: Healthy child patients

• Registration Number: CTRI/2018/04/013424
• Lead Sponsor: Government

Brief Summary

Local anaesthetic cause pain during administration into soft tissue and this leads to stress and discomfort especially in child patients. This pain can be reduced easily and effectively by heating the local anaesthetic solution up to body temperature or above.Warming lidocaine causes no chemical denaturation or no diminished stability stated by one lidocaine manufacturer (Elkins-Sinn, Inc, Cherry Hill, NJ). This method reduces burning sensation in orthography, angiography and other interventional procedures by warming lidocaine to 43°C before infiltrative injection. We are planning to use this method to reduce discomfort during nerve block in pediatric dental patients.

**T**his study will  include 60 child patients of age 6-10 years in which pain perception will be  evaluated during Inferior alveolar nerve block using warm local anaesthetic at 42°C. During first visit  the children will receive IANB block consisting of  lidocaine 2% and epinephrine 1:2,00,000 at room temperature. At the second visit, the contralateral side will receive local anaesthetic warmed at 42°C.  15 cm long visual analogue scale will be used to determine the pain from injection given.

We are hopeful that this method will work on pediatric dental setting also.

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Last Update Posted: 2018-04-23
• Study Start: 2018-04-25

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: Not Yet Recruiting
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 60

Inclusion Criteria

• Healthy child patients requiring routine dental treatment especially without known history of hypersensitivity to local anaesthetic lidocaine.
• patients that need bilateral pulpotomy or extraction of teeth in mandibular molars requiring local anaesthetics (LA) with 2% lidocaine with 1: 2,00,000 epinephrine.

Exclusion Criteria

• patients having systemic ailment.
• Patients having known allergy to Local anesthetic lidocain.
• patients who does not require local anesthetic for treatment.

Study & Design

• Study Type: Interventional
• Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Patient May Feel Less Pain During Local Anesthesia administration At 42°C	2 minutes

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Injection fear may reduce in child patients	5 minutes

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Government Dental college and Hospital, Ahmedabad; 🇮🇳 Ahmadabad, GUJARAT, India

Government Dental college and Hospital, Ahmedabad

🇮🇳Ahmadabad, GUJARAT, India

Shantanu Choudhari

Principal investigator

9825666575

shandent1@gmail.com