title: Pain Elimination during Injection with Newer Electronic Devices: A Comparative Evaluation in Children.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  The present study was taken up to clinically evaluate and compare effectiveness of transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulator (TENS) and comfort control syringe (CCS) in various pediatric dental procedures as an alternative to the conventional method of local anesthesia (LA) administration.
  
  
  METHODS
  Ninety healthy children having at least one deciduous molar tooth indicated for extraction in either maxillary right or left quadrant in age group of 6 to 10 years were randomly divided into three equal groups having 30 subjects each. Group I: LA administration using conventional syringe, group II: LA administration using TENS along with the conventional syringe, group III: LA administration using CCS. After LA by the three techniques, pain, anxiety and heart rate were measured.
  
  
  METHODS
  The observations, thus, obtained were subjected to statistical analysis using analysis of variance (ANOVA), student t-test and paired t-test.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The mean pain score was maximum in group I followed by group II, while group III revealed the minimum pain, where LA was administered using CCS. Mean anxiety score was maximum in group I followed by group II, while group III revealed the minimum score. Mean heart rate was maximum in group I followed in descending order by groups II and III.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The study supports the belief that CCS could be a viable alternative in comparison to the other two methods of LA delivery in children. How to cite this article: Bansal N, Saha S, Jaiswal JN, Samadi F. Pain Elimination during Injection with Newer Electronic Devices: A Comparative Evaluation in Children. Int J Clin Pediatr Dent 2014;7(2):71-76.
authors.affiliation: Postgraduate, Department of Pedodontics and Preventive Dentistry, Sardar Patel Post Graduate Institute of Dental and Medical Sciences Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India.
authors.forename: Neha
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Bansal
authors.affiliation: Senior Lecturer, Department of Pedodontics and Preventive Dentistry, Sardar Patel Post Graduate Institute of Dental and Medical Sciences Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India.
authors.forename: Sonali
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Saha
authors.affiliation: Professor and Director, Department of Pedodontics and Preventive Dentistry, Sardar Patel Post Graduate Institute of Dental and Medical Sciences Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India.
authors.forename: Jn
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Jaiswal
authors.affiliation: Professor and Head, Department of Pedodontics and Preventive Dentistry, Sardar Patel Post Graduate Institute of Dental and Medical Sciences Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India.
authors.forename: Firoza
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Samadi
keywords: Anxiety; Comfort control syringe; Conventional syringe; Transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation