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Benzocaine
gel patch form found to exhibit a better effect in reducing pain linked with
palatal injection in children.
A split-mouth randomized controlled clinical trial was carried to determine the efficacy of gel patch form of benzocaine anesthetic vs. oral benzocaine gel applied prior to palatal injection in children (age 6 and 8 years old) in minimizing the pain linked with the injection procedure.
Subjects were randomly assigned to receive either local injections utilizing TopicaleTM gel patch as a topical anesthetic (intervention, n=32) or local injections utilizing 20% benzocaine gel as a topical anesthetic (control, n=32). Utilizing Sound Eye Motor (SEM) Face and Pain Scale-Revised (FPS-R) scales, the outcome was measured.
Substantial differences were noted between the two benzocaine forms in minimizing pain. Both FPS-R and SEM scales gave lower scores when benzocaine gel patch was applied, as shown in the following table:
Thus, benzocaine gel patch has superior pain-relieving
efficacy compared to the oral benzocaine gel applied before palatal injection
in pediatric dental patients.
Alexandria Dental Journal
Effectiveness Of Benzocaine Gelpatch In Reducing Palatal Injection Pain In Pediatric Dental Patients: A Split-Mouth Randomized Clinical Trial
Huda A Ibrahim et al.
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