Diode Laser on the Reversal of Inferior Alveolar Nerve Block Anesthesia in Children

Hams Hamed Abdelrahman

Status

Active, not recruiting

Conditions

Anesthesia, Local

Treatments

Other: Inferior Alveolar Nerve Block administration

Other: Inferior Alveolar Nerve Block administration with laser irradiation

Study type

Interventional

Funder types

Other

Identifiers

NCT05648981

Anesthesia_2022

Details and patient eligibility

About

Inevitable problems were reported following the injection of local anesthesia in pediatric dental procedures, which can last until the elimination of soft tissue anesthesia.

Purpose of the study: To evaluate the effectiveness of diode laser photobiomodulation therapy on the reversal of soft tissue anesthesia (STA) in children following inferior alveolar nerve block anesthesia.

Enrollment

32 estimated patients

Sex

All

Ages

5 to 8 years old

Volunteers

No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

Patients in need of operative dental procedures, requiring inferior alveolar nerve (IANB) anesthesia.
Healthy patients (physical status ASA I).
Definitely positive or positive patients on the Frankl behavior scale.
No reported allergies to LA, epinephrine or sulfites.
Normal lip sensation before administration of LA

Exclusion criteria

Patients requiring surgical procedures (i.e. extractions).
Patients who will show excessive fear to the Transcutaneous Electric Nerve Stimulator (TENS) device and provide a false-positive response on inactivated electrode (absence of current) using the Venham scale.
Patients who will not be trainable in the standardized lip tapping procedure (could not learn to distinguish the anesthetized numb side from the non-anesthetized side).
Patients who will not achieve profound numbness after initial LA administration, requiring additional anesthesia using SEM scale.