Open AccessA 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) -
Anbalagan Anantharaj,
Jiline Mary Sabu,
Sudhir Ramakrishna,
Ramya Bangalore Jagdeesh,
Praveen Kumar P,
Prathibha Rani Shankarappa
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
journal of the indian society of pedodontics and preventive dentistry/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.