A comparative evaluation of pain perception following topical application of benzocaine gel, clove-papaya based anesthetic gel and precooling of the injection site before intraoral injections in children | Zendy

A Anantharaj | Zendy; Jiline Mary Sabu | Zendy; Sudhir Ramakrishna | Zendy; Ramya Bangalore Jagdeesh | Zendy; P. Praveen | Zendy; Prathibha Rani Shankarappa | Zendy

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A comparative evaluation of pain perception following topical application of benzocaine gel, clove-papaya based anesthetic gel and precooling of the injection site before intraoral injections in children

Author(s) -

A Anantharaj,

Jiline Mary Sabu,

Sudhir Ramakrishna,

Ramya Bangalore Jagdeesh,

P. Praveen,

Prathibha Rani Shankarappa

Publication year - 2020

Publication title -

journal of indian society of pedodontics and preventive dentistry

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.378

H-Index - 33

eISSN - 1998-3905

pISSN - 0970-4388

DOI - 10.4103/jisppd.jisppd_153_18

Subject(s) - benzocaine , topical anesthetic , anesthetic , medicine , anesthesia , visual analogue scale , local anesthetic , pain scale , dentistry

The topical anesthetic property of clove remains unexplored even though it has been widely used in dentistry since ages. Hence, the aim of the study was to compare the topical anesthetic efficiency of precooling with ice, clove-papaya based topical gel and benzocaine gel in pediatric patients.

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