Articaine Efficacy and Safety for Children Below Age of 4-years

Minia University184 enrolled

Overview

Pain control is one of the significant behavior determinants in the dental office and shaping the future attitude toward dentistry, especially in children. One of widely used local anesthetic agents is articaine hydrochloride because of its superior potency, over traditionally used 2% lidocaine. Therefore, this study intends to get the benefits of articaine efficiency and apply it in children.

Study Type

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation

RANDOMIZED

Purpose

OTHER

Masking

TRIPLE

Enrollment

184

Conditions

Behaviour Assessment Pain

Interventions

Articaine 4%/Epi 1:100000 Inj Cart 1.7MlDRUG

Local anesthetic agent

lidocaine hydrochloride 2% and epinephrine 1:100000DRUG

Local anesthetic agent

Eligibility

Sex: ALLMin age: 37 MonthsMax age: 47 Months

Medical Language ↔ Plain English

Inclusion Criteria: * Children aged 36-47 months. ASA I, II. Mentally capable of communication. Having a mandibular primary molar tooth that required extraction or pulpotomy. Exclusion Criteria: * The presence of infection, which may compromise the efficiency of local anesthetic agent Significant behaviour problems Medical or mental unfitness

Locations (1)

Ngwa Khattab

Minya, Minya Governorate, Egypt

Outcomes

Primary Outcomes

Pain assessment

FLACC scale

Time frame: During the procedures

Behavior

Frankl behaviour scale

Time frame: before and after the procedures

Secondary Outcomes

postoperative complications

Asking parents/caregiver in the next 24 hours using Parents' postoperative pain measure (PPPM)

Time frame: 24 hours after the procedures

Data from ClinicalTrials.gov

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