Randomized controlled trial of the intraligamental use of a local anaesthetic (lignocaine 2%) versus controls in paediatric tooth extraction

International Journal of Paediatric Dentistry

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 297-303

  Sammons, Helen M ^a   Unsworth, Vanessa ^a   Gray, Claudia ^a   Choonara, Imti ^a   Cherrill, Janine ^a   Quirke, William ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b Erewash Primary Care Trust   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LIDOCAINE; LOCAL ANESTHETIC AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECIDUOUS TOOTH; DENTAL ANESTHESIA; DENTAL CARE; FEMALE; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MOLAR TOOTH; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PERIODONTAL LIGAMENT; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SINGLE BLIND PROCEDURE; STATISTICAL MODEL; TOOTH EXTRACTION;

ADOLESCENT; ANESTHESIA, DENTAL; ANESTHESIA, GENERAL; ANESTHETICS, LOCAL; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DENTAL CARE FOR CHILDREN; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; LIDOCAINE; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MOLAR; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PAIN, POSTOPERATIVE; PERIODONTAL LIGAMENT; SINGLE-BLIND METHOD; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; TOOTH EXTRACTION; TOOTH, DECIDUOUS;

EID: 34250220032     PISSN: 09607439     EISSN: 1365263X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-263X.2007.00832.x     Document Type: Article

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