DentalVibe reduces pain during the administration of local anesthetic injection in comparison to 2% lignocaine gel: results from a clinical study

• Published in: Journal of dental anesthesia and pain medicine: JDAPM Vol. 21; no. 1; pp. 41 - 47
• Main Authors: Joshi, Sagar, Bhate, Kalyani, Kshirsagar, Kapil, Pawar, Vivek, Kakodkar, Pradnya
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Korea (South) The Korean Dental Society of Anesthsiology 01.02.2021; 대한치과마취과학회
• Subjects: Original; 치의학; Topical Anesthetics; Anesthesia; Local; Pain; DentalVibe
• ISSN: 2383-9309; 2383-9317
• DOI: 10.17245/jdapm.2021.21.1.41

This study was designed to compare the efficacy of DentalVibe against 2% lidocaine gel in reducing pain during the administration of local anesthetic injection in the adult population. This was a split-mouth open-label, randomized, controlled clinical study conducted in the Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery of a dental institute. Fifty patients who were scheduled for bilateral dental extractions requiring an inferior alveolar nerve block were enrolled in the study. Site A (n = 50) was coated with 2% lidocaine gel followed by a local anesthetic injection, and DentalVibe with local anesthetic injection was used for Site B (n = 50). The primary outcome was pain, which was recorded immediately after the administration of anesthetic injection using the Visual Analogue Scale [VAS 0 - 10]. The VAS pain scores ranged from 4 to 10 for site A and 0 to 6 for site B. Comparison between the two sites showed a statistically significant difference [Mann-Whitney U test value = 51.50, P < 0.001] favoring site B. This study showed that DentalVibe reduces pain during injection of local anesthesia compared to topical anesthetic gel.