Efficacy of Camouflaged Syringe vs Conventional Syringe (ECC)

Sneha D. Suwarnkar

Status: Completed

Conditions: Behavior; Dental Anxiety

Treatments: Device: Conventional Syringe; Device: Camouflage Syringe

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT03566212

SaraswatiDhanwantari

Details and patient eligibility

About

This study evaluates the efficacy of Camouflage syringe vs Conventional syringe in reducing Dental Anxiety and increasing behaviour rating.Half of the participants received local anesthesia using camouflaged syringe, while others received using conventional syringe.

Full description

Dental anxiety and phobia result in avoidance of dental care. Since the injection itself can be painful, pain reduction procedures warrant continued investigation. Camouflage design deals with the visual impact of the needle and syringe though the tactile sensation remains unaltered. In our study, post treatment anxiety levels in camouflaged syringe was reduced as compared to conventional syringe group and this might be because, patients with low anxiety tend to have high pain thresholds.

Enrollment: 60 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 3 to 12 years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• retained teeth,
• badly carious teeth,
• mobile teeth
• requiring a dental procedure under local anesthesia were selected.

Exclusion criteria

• Mentally challenged children
• those with medical conditions contraindicating the use of local anesthesia and / or surgical procedures

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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60 participants in 2 patient groups

conventional syringe

Experimental group

Description:

Individuals requiring local anesthesia for dental treatment were treated in first group by using conventional syringe.

Treatment:

Device: Conventional Syringe

camouflaged syringe

Experimental group

Description:

Individuals requiring local anesthesia for dental treatment were treated in second group by using camouflage syringe.

Treatment:

Device: Camouflage Syringe