title: A comparison of two pain scales in the assessment of dental pain in East delhi children.
abstract: Pain is the most common symptom of oral diseases. Pain perception in children is highly variable and unreliable due to poor communication. Therefore we designed a study to compare pain measurement techniques, that is, visual analogue scale (VAS) and Wong-Baker faces pain rating scale (WBFPS) among Delhi children aged 3 to 14 years undergoing dental extraction. Method. A cross-sectional study was conducted on 180 patients aged 3 to 14 years who had undergone dental extraction. Children were assessed for their pain sensitivity using visual analogue scale (VAS) and Wong-Baker faces pain rating scale (WBFPS ). Result and Conclusion. Pain threshold tends to decline, and the self-management of pain becomes more effective with increasing age. Genderwise result shows that communication ability of boys and girls is similar in all age groups.
authors.affiliation: Department of Paedodontics and Preventive Dentistry, University College of Medical Sciences & GTB Hospital, University of Delhi, Delhi 110095, India.
authors.forename: Amit
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Khatri
authors.forename: Namita
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Kalra