ArticleJournal of family medicine and primary care2021
Efficacy of external cold and a vibrating device in reducing pain and anxiety during local anaesthesia.
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- Effect of Thermomechanical Stimulation on Pain During IANB Injections.Anesthesia progress · 2025Trial
- Effectiveness of Buzzy BEE in Reducing Pain Perception During Inferior Alveolar Nerve Block in Children: A Split-Mouth Crossover Study.Children (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Article
- Effectiveness of Audiovisual Distraction During Dental Treatment Under Nitrous Oxide/Oxygen Conscious Sedation in Paediatric Patients: A Randomized Crossover Clinical Trial.Children (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Article
- Comparative Evaluation of Buzzy System and Conventional Masked with Camouflage Syringe for Pain Perception in 5-12-year-old Children: A Split-mouth Study.International journal of clinical pediatric dentistry · 2026Article
- Effect of Buzzy Bee in Reducing Pain Perception during Local Anesthesia in Children: A Split-mouth Crossover Study.International journal of clinical pediatric dentistry · 2025Article
- Effects of Cold and Vibration on Venipuncture Pain Management in Children Aged 2-7 Years Old: Randomized Controlled Trial.JMIR pediatrics and parenting · 2025Article
- Topical anesthetics methods used to reduce needle pain/discomfort prior to local anesthesia in children and adolescents: a scoping review.Evidence-based dentistry · 2025Article
- Evaluating the efficacy of local anesthetic techniques during scalp microneedling.Journal of cosmetic dermatology · 2024Article
- Interventions to Reduce Intra-Operative and Post-Operative Pain Associated with Routine Dental Procedures in Children: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.Dentistry journal · 2024Review
- Effectiveness of External Precooling and Vibration Induced by BUZZY on Pain and Anxiety During Inferior Alveolar Nerve Block Injection in Children.International journal of dentistry · 2024Article
- Effectiveness of an extraoral cold and vibrating device in reducing pain perception during deposition of local anesthesia in pediatric patients aged 3-12 years: a split-mouth crossover study.Journal of dental anesthesia and pain medicine · 2023Article
- Pain Relief in Dental Local Anaesthesia with Vibrational Devices: Much Ado about Nothing? A Scoping Review.Journal of clinical medicine · 2023Article
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Abstract
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aimTo evaluate and compare the efficacy of external cold and a vibrating device in reducing the pain and anxiety amidst children receiving maxillary infiltration anaesthesia over conventional methods.
methodA sum of thirty subjects aged between 5 and 10 years who had undergone dental procedures requiring maxillary infiltration were enrolled in the current split-mouth randomised control study. The control intervention constitutes infiltration of 1.8 mL of 2% lignocaine in addition to 1:100,000 adrenaline (Lox, Neon Laboratories Mumbai, India) whereas, the experimental group used external cold and a vibrating device (Buzzy®, MMJ Labs, Atlanta, GA, USA) in annexation to the control protocol. Simultaneous to LA administration, pulse rate was employed as an objective measure and the subjective measure was recorded using RMS Pictorial Scale (RMS-PS) for the child's discomfort. To document the child's pain as anticipated by the dentist the revised face, limbs, arms, cry and consolability (FLACC-R) scale was employed.
resultLower pain sensation and anxiety was recorded in the experimental group using Buzzy when compared to control.
conclusionExternal cold in adjacent with vibrations might be efficient in lowering pain as well as anxiety in children experiencing infiltration dental anaesthesia though further research work is requisite with a larger sample size.
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