Effectiveness of Laser Photobiomodulation Therapy in Reducing Child Pain During Local Anesthesia Injection

Aliaa Hamouda

Status: Enrolling

Conditions: Local Anesthesia Injection Pain

Treatments: Device: Photobiomodulation; Drug: Benzocaine Gel

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT05861154

#11

Details and patient eligibility

About

This study aimed to evaluate the impact of laser photobiomodulation therapy used as pre-anesthetic technique to reduce child pain during local anesthesia administration

Enrollment: 64 estimated patients

Sex: All

Ages: 5 to 7 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Completion of the written informed consent form by parents/guardian.
• Children with dental behavior score of 3 or 4 according to the Frankel behavior rating scale.
• Patients whom their maxillary primary molars are indicated for pulpotomy and SSC restoration.
• Lack of history of allergy to the materials used for anesthesia and sulfite
• Children free of any systemic disease or special health care needs (ASA 1)

Exclusion criteria

• Children who receive any analgesic drugs at least 24 hours before treatment.
• Any inflammation or lesion in the injection site
• Patients who have previous bad experience of dentistry were excluded to eliminate the possible impact of the child's previous painful or stressful experiences
• Child coming for emergency treatment of pain

Trial design

Primary purpose: Supportive Care

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Double Blind

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64 participants in 2 patient groups

Photobiomodulation

Experimental group

Treatment:

Device: Photobiomodulation

Topical anesthesia

Active Comparator group

Treatment:

Drug: Benzocaine Gel