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Sweetening up dental injections to reduce kids' pain

Applying a sugar-free flavoring before administering local anesthetic (LA) injections in pediatric dental patients may decrease pain, according to a study recently published in the International ...
DrBicuspid

Vibrations and cold may ease kids' injection pain

For many children, seeing a long, silver needle headed for their mouth is one of the most fear-inducing parts of dentistry. But a bee-shaped distraction device may help ease this pain and anxiety, ...
Nature

Topical anesthetics methods used to reduce needle pain/discomfort prior to local anesthesia in children and adolescents: a scoping review

The aim of this study was to review the most effective topical anesthetic methods for reducing pain/discomfort prior to dental local anesthetic needle puncture for dental procedures in children and ...
Nature

Reducing children’s anxiety and pain in dental environment using an eye massage device combined with natural sounds—a randomized controlled trial

Dental anxiety is one of the primary emotions experienced when a patient enters the clinic and arises from threatening stimuli that lead the patient to respond in certain ways 1; it also continues to ...
Medical Xpress

Nasal spray a better alternative to injections for many children

You have probably been there yourself. In the emergency room, on the ski slope or at the ice rink, with a child who is in great pain. Their wrist is swollen and broken. Tears are flowing, and ...