Influence of needle bevel design on injection pain and needle deformation in dental local infiltration anaesthesia - randomized clinical trial

Autor: Peer W. Kämmerer, I. Buttchereit, M. Daubländer, Bernhard Frerich, E.N. Anisimova, Cornelia Ganz, Michael Dau
Rok vydání: 2016
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Zdroj: International journal of oral and maxillofacial surgery. 46(11)
ISSN: 1399-0020
Popis: The aims of this in vivo study were to evaluate the impact of needle bevel design on patients' pain perception and the mechanical deformation of the needle tip after the injection. In a prospective single-blinded trial, 150 patients received conventional infiltration anaesthesia for dental treatment by one examiner. Patients were randomized for one out of three different needle bevel types (scalpel-designed bevel needle (SB), n=50; triple bevel needle (TB), n=50; regular bevel needle (RB), n=50). Subjects' self-reported injection pain perception was evaluated using a numeric rating scale (NRS). For each needle tip, deformations after single use were measured using SEM. A significant lower injection pain level was found in SB (mean 2.1±1.2) than in TB (mean 3.5±1.6;) and RB (mean 3.4±1.0; all P
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