British dental journal
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British dental journal · Jul 2008
Randomized Controlled TrialPain behaviour and distress in children during two sequential dental visits: comparing a computerised anaesthesia delivery system and a traditional syringe.
To compare the pain and distress response of children receiving a local anesthesia injection using a computerised device (Wand) or a traditional syringe over two consecutive treatment sessions and to study whether the response to the two injection techniques was different for high or low dentally anxious children. ⋯ No clear difference in the response of referred children could be found between an injection with the Wand or the traditional syringe. Level of dental anxiety was found to be an important factor in the response of children to a local anaesthesia injection.