Dentist and patient evaluation of an electronic dental analgesia system for controlling discomfort of injections.
A number of dedicated electronic dental analgesia (EDA) systems have become available in recent years. In this study the attitudes of operators and patients were investigated by means of a post-treatment questionnaire, to the use of a new system for providing surface anaesthesia before administration of local anaesthesia. Levels of effectiveness were rated as similar to those of surface anaesthesia by the dental evaluators, who found the EDA system more time consuming. They felt that the EDA system reduced the discomfort of injections in only 26% of cases. Sixty per cent of the respondent patients who had previously experienced surface anaesthesia thought the EDA system controlled injection discomfort, and 64% stated that they would request the system in future.
Burke
F J
FJ
University of Glasgow Dental School.
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000766:Anesthesia, Dental / Q000295:instrumentation*; D000772:Anesthesia, Local / Q000295:instrumentation*; D005069:Evaluation Studies as Topic; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007267:Injections / Q000009:adverse effects*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010146:Pain / Q000209:etiology / Q000517:prevention & control; D017060:Patient Satisfaction; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D004561:Transcutaneous Electric Nerve Stimulation / Q000295:instrumentation*