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Patients’ Reactions to Local Anaesthetic Application Devices in Paediatric Dentistry
Elmedin Bajric
orcid.org/0000-0002-5634-2902
; Department of Preventive and Pediatric dentistry, Faculty of Dentistry of University of Sarajevo, Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina
Sedin Kobašlija
; Department of Preventive and Pediatric dentistry, Faculty of Dentistry of University of Sarajevo, Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina
Hrvoje Juric
orcid.org/0000-0003-1567-8706
; Department of Pedodontics, School of Dental Medicine of University of Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia
Sažetak
Local anaesthesia is the most common medium for pain control in most dental treatments. Physical appearance of syringe itself can be considered as a provoking factor for the emergence of dental fear and anxiety (DFA). In this research the patient reactions to local anaesthesia application devices, as one of the main causes for DFA emergence, were inquired. The sample comprised of 120 patients, divided in three age groups, formed of 40 patients aged 8, 12 and 15 years. DFA prevalence was quantified by Children Fear Survey Schedule–Dental Subscale (CFSS-DS). Three different syringes were offered to the patients. Reasons for choosing one of the syringes were detected. Patients assigned statistically highest rank to plastic syringe. Boys chose metal and intraligamental syringe statistically more often than girls. Patients with higher CFSS-DS scores chose metal syringe as last option. None of the reasons for selection was dominant, except pain that could be caused by usage of any of the three syringes. A large number of patients did not mention any of the reasons for choosing particular syringes. Plastic syringe represented the most acceptable device for local anaesthetic application to our patients. Patients often linked pain with dental syringes.
Ključne riječi
dental syringes; paediatric dentistry; patients’ reactions
Hrčak ID:
166274
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Datum izdavanja:
20.11.2015.
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