Is it the injection device or the anxiety experienced that causes pain during dental local anaesthesia?

International Journal of Paediatric Dentistry

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 139-145

  Kuscu, Ozgur Onder ^a,b   Akyuz, Serap ^b  

^a YEDITEPE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b MARMARA UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LOCAL ANESTHETIC AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENTAL ANESTHESIA; DENTAL ANXIETY; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMAN; INJECTION; INSTRUMENTATION; LOCAL ANESTHESIA; MALE; METHODOLOGY; NEEDLE; PAIN; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PAIN THRESHOLD; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SYRINGE;

ADOLESCENT; ANESTHESIA, DENTAL; ANESTHESIA, LOCAL; ANESTHETICS, LOCAL; CHILD; DENTAL ANXIETY; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMANS; INJECTIONS; MALE; NEEDLES; PAIN; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PAIN THRESHOLD; SYRINGES;

EID: 38749143218     PISSN: 09607439     EISSN: 1365263X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-263X.2007.00875.x     Document Type: Article

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