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Randomized Controlled Trial
. 2024 Feb 26;28(3):174.
doi: 10.1007/s00784-024-05565-x.

Is it possible to extract primary maxillary molars without palatal injection?: a controlled clinical trial

Esra Ceren Tuğutlu  1 , Kevser Sancak  2
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Randomized Controlled Trial

Is it possible to extract primary maxillary molars without palatal injection?: a controlled clinical trial

Esra Ceren Tuğutlu et al. Clin Oral Investig. .

Abstract

Objectives: The absolute necessity of a palatal injection for the extraction of primary maxillary molars has never been explored, despite the fact that it is widely known that children do not tolerate local anesthetic injections into the palatal tissue well. The aim of this study was to compare separately the perception of pain in the absence of palatal injection after anesthesia and maxillary primary molar tooth extraction using different anesthetic solutions and different post-anesthetic waiting times.

Materials and methods: A single-blinded randomized controlled study was conducted in 78 participants (26 patients with palatal anesthesia (the control groups), and 26 patients with 5 min and 26 patients with 8 min post-anesthetic waiting time without palatal anesthesia (the study groups)). Subjective experiences of pain were evaluated separately after anesthesia and tooth extraction using the Visual Analog Scale (VAS) and the Wong-Baker Faces Pain Rating Scale (WBS).

Results: In terms of VAS scores obtained following administration of anesthesia, there was a statistically significant difference between the groups (p<0.05). VAS pain scores were reported to be lower in the groups without palatal anesthesia than in the groups with palatal anesthesia. No statistically significant difference was observed in VAS and Wong-Baker scores after tooth extraction between the groups with and without palatal anesthesia (P>0.05).

Conclusions: While the pain reported following administration of anesthesia was found to be higher in the groups receiving palatal anesthesia, no difference was found between the groups in the pain reported after tooth extraction.

Clinical relevance: Extraction of maxillary primary molars is possible without palatal injection by injecting 4% articaine or 2% lidocaine into the buccal vestibule of the tooth with a waiting time of 5 or 8 min.

Keywords: Articaine; Injections; Local anesthesia; Pain perception; Tooth extraction.

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The authors declare that they have no competing interests.

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Wong-Baker Faces Pain Rating Scale (WBS)
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