Open AccessComparative evaluation of effectiveness of intra-pocket anesthetic gel and injected local anesthesia during scaling and root planing – A split-mouth clinical trial
Author(s) -
Kalyan Chintala,
Sandhya Pavan Kumar,
K. Raja V. Murthy
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
indian journal of dental research/indian journal of dental research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.277
H-Index - 43
eISSN - 1998-3603
pISSN - 0970-9290
DOI - 10.4103/ijdr.ijdr_489_16
Subject(s) - medicine , lidocaine , benzocaine , anesthesia , anesthetic , scaling and root planing , local anesthetic , local anesthesia , visual analogue scale , chronic periodontitis , topical anesthetic , gingival and periodontal pocket , dentistry , periodontitis
Pain control is an important outcome measure for successful periodontal therapy. Injected local anesthesia has been used to secure anesthesia for scaling and root planing (SRP) and continues to be the anesthetic of choice for pain control. Alternatively, intra-pocket anesthetic gel has been used as an anesthetic during SRP. Hence, this clinical trial was done to compare the effectiveness of intra-pocket anesthetic gel and injected local anesthesia during SRP and also to assess the influence of intra-pocket anesthetic gel on treatment outcomes in chronic periodontitis patients.