Arabian Journal of Pediatric Dentistry
Abstract
Objectives: The purpose of this study was to assess pulse rate as a physiological pain assessment during inferior alveolar nerve block injection using buffered anesthetic solution (lidocaine 2% epinephrine 1/80,000 with sodium bicarbonate 8.4%) and conventional anesthetic solution (lidocaine 2% epinephrine 1/80,000) to treat bilateral mandibular primary molars.
Materials and Methods: Forty patients were included in the study sample to perform 80 inferior alveolar nerve block injections with split-mouth technique in patients aged 6-10 years with bilaterally infected mandibular primary molars. A fingertip oximeter was used to measure the pulse rate before and during anesthesia.
Results: The pulse difference before and during anaesthesia was evaluated using the student’s t-test for independent samples for both the buffered anaesthetic solution and the standard anesthetic solution groups. At P = 0.05, there was a statistically significant difference in favor of the buffered anesthetic solution.
Conclusions: This study discovered an alleviation in pain during the injection of buffered anesthetic solution over conventional anesthetic solution.
Recommended Citation
Hassan, Rouaa M.; kouchaje, Chaza N.; and Al-Mattit, Hanadi
(2024)
"The influence of buffered and conventional anesthetic solutions on the pain level in children during an inferior alveolar nerve block injection: randomized Clinical Trial,"
Arabian Journal of Pediatric Dentistry: Vol. 1:
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1, Article 2.
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