Effectiveness of Insulin Syringe Versus Conventional Dental Syringe in Managing Dental Trypanophobia: A Clinical Study
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https://doi.org/10.15218/edj.2025.23Keywords:
Local anesthesia, conventional dental syringe, Insulin syringe, dental trypanophobiaAbstract
Background and Objectives: Pain management during dental procedures is of utmost importance. Extreme fear of dental injections can significantly interfere with dental health status. This study aims to demonstrate the efficacy of an insulin syringe loaded with local anesthetics for the management of dental trypanophobia.
Method: forty-seven patients with an age range of (6-70 years old), 55% female and 45% male, have been enrolled randomly in this study. Each patient was delivered local anesthesia (lidocaine 2%-epinephrine) for two different sites in two different visits by a standard dental syringe (the length and gauge of the needle were 27 G/L) and an insulin syringe. The insulin syringes (1ml, 30G x 8) were loaded with local anesthesia (lidocaine 2%-epinephrine). The infiltration technique is used to deliver Local anesthesia.
Results: Forty-seven patients participated in the study; their mean age (SD) was 30.86 (29) years, the median was 29 years, and the age range was 5-75 years. More than half (53.2%) of the patients were aged 20-39, and 57.4% were females. The median VAS score with the dental syringe was 4, compared with 0 with the insulin syringe. The mean rank of the first group was significantly higher than that of the second group (p < 0.001).
Conclusion: Insulin syringe attempts could be a better and more efficient way of managing dental trypanophobia in pediatric patients as well as adults. The mean rank of the dental syringe was significantly higher than that of the insulin syringe. (p < 0.001).
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