Comparative evaluation of efficacy of EMLA and needleless jet anesthesia in non-surgical periodontal therapy

The treatment of periodontitis primarily consists of mechanical debridement carried out by means of thorough scaling and root planing that might sometimes be a painful procedure which requires the administration of some form of local anesthesia. The present study comparatively evaluates the anesthet...

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Main Authors: Rajan Gupta, Satwinder Kaur, Parveen Dahiya, Mukesh Kumar
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Published: Elsevier 2018-05-01
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description The treatment of periodontitis primarily consists of mechanical debridement carried out by means of thorough scaling and root planing that might sometimes be a painful procedure which requires the administration of some form of local anesthesia. The present study comparatively evaluates the anesthetic effect of three such forms, viz; eutectic mixture of 25 mg/g lignocaine plus 25 mg/g prilocaine (EMLA) and needleless jet anesthesia during SRP. 30 patients with probing depth of 5 mm or more and visual analog scale (VAS) score of ≥30 mm on probing were selected and asked to assess the pain by VAS and verbal rating scale (VRS) during SRP after application of the two agents. The difference between the visual analogue values of control, EMLA and Madajet XL is highly significant (p < 0.001). According to the VRS scores, 6.7% of the subjects in the EMLA group reported no pain, 80% mild pain, and 13.3% moderate pain. In the Madajet XL group, 46.7% reported no pain and 53.3% mild pain. In the control group 100% of the patients reported moderate pain when none of the anesthetic was administered. None reported severe pain. Thus, the data suggest that both anesthetics are able to produce anesthesia of the tissues. The needleless anesthesia was relatively superior in performance to EMLA.
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spelling doaj-art-c603be2d0b8e4af7baf0aa19f4bc30c92025-08-20T02:50:29ZengElsevierJournal of Oral Biology and Craniofacial Research2212-42682018-05-018211812110.1016/j.jobcr.2018.04.001Comparative evaluation of efficacy of EMLA and needleless jet anesthesia in non-surgical periodontal therapyRajan Gupta0Satwinder Kaur1Parveen Dahiya2Mukesh Kumar3Department of Periodontics, Himachal Institute of Dental Sciences, Paonta Sahib, Himachal Pradesh, IndiaDepartment of Periodontics, Himachal Institute of Dental Sciences, Paonta Sahib, Himachal Pradesh, IndiaCorresponding author. Himachal Institute of Dental Sciences, Paonta Sahib, Himachal Pradesh, India.; Department of Periodontics, Himachal Institute of Dental Sciences, Paonta Sahib, Himachal Pradesh, IndiaDepartment of Periodontics, Himachal Institute of Dental Sciences, Paonta Sahib, Himachal Pradesh, IndiaThe treatment of periodontitis primarily consists of mechanical debridement carried out by means of thorough scaling and root planing that might sometimes be a painful procedure which requires the administration of some form of local anesthesia. The present study comparatively evaluates the anesthetic effect of three such forms, viz; eutectic mixture of 25 mg/g lignocaine plus 25 mg/g prilocaine (EMLA) and needleless jet anesthesia during SRP. 30 patients with probing depth of 5 mm or more and visual analog scale (VAS) score of ≥30 mm on probing were selected and asked to assess the pain by VAS and verbal rating scale (VRS) during SRP after application of the two agents. The difference between the visual analogue values of control, EMLA and Madajet XL is highly significant (p < 0.001). According to the VRS scores, 6.7% of the subjects in the EMLA group reported no pain, 80% mild pain, and 13.3% moderate pain. In the Madajet XL group, 46.7% reported no pain and 53.3% mild pain. In the control group 100% of the patients reported moderate pain when none of the anesthetic was administered. None reported severe pain. Thus, the data suggest that both anesthetics are able to produce anesthesia of the tissues. The needleless anesthesia was relatively superior in performance to EMLA.http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2212426817302750Root planingEMLAJet anesthesiaPeriodontal therapy
spellingShingle Rajan Gupta
Satwinder Kaur
Parveen Dahiya
Mukesh Kumar
Comparative evaluation of efficacy of EMLA and needleless jet anesthesia in non-surgical periodontal therapy
Journal of Oral Biology and Craniofacial Research
Root planing
EMLA
Jet anesthesia
Periodontal therapy
title Comparative evaluation of efficacy of EMLA and needleless jet anesthesia in non-surgical periodontal therapy
title_full Comparative evaluation of efficacy of EMLA and needleless jet anesthesia in non-surgical periodontal therapy
title_fullStr Comparative evaluation of efficacy of EMLA and needleless jet anesthesia in non-surgical periodontal therapy
title_full_unstemmed Comparative evaluation of efficacy of EMLA and needleless jet anesthesia in non-surgical periodontal therapy
title_short Comparative evaluation of efficacy of EMLA and needleless jet anesthesia in non-surgical periodontal therapy
title_sort comparative evaluation of efficacy of emla and needleless jet anesthesia in non surgical periodontal therapy
topic Root planing
EMLA
Jet anesthesia
Periodontal therapy
url http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2212426817302750
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