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Swapna Sreenivasagan
SRM Dental College, Bharathi Salai,
Ramapuram, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, 600089
India
Review Article
To Assess the Prevalence of Dental Anxiety and Assess the Efficacy of Vibraject and to Assess Prevalence of Dental Phobia
Author(s): Swapna Sreenivasagan*, Pendum Sneha, Poornima Ravi and Krishnakumar Raja VBSwapna Sreenivasagan*, Pendum Sneha, Poornima Ravi and Krishnakumar Raja VB
Background: Pain causes phobia. The most common reason for phobia is the injection required to achieve anesthesia which may lead to extreme anxiety. Vibraject is a novel invention that works on the principle of temporal summation of gate control theory and helps overcome the pain of injection.
Aim: To assess the prevalence of dental anxiety and to assess the efficacy of vibraject for extractions - A randomized control trial.
Subjects and Methods: A randomized controlled trial was conducted including 181 adult patients who reported to our OP for extraction with their informed consent. The dental fear was assessed based on questionnaire comprising of the Modified Dental Anxiety Scale (MDAS) and Kleinknecht's Dental Fear Survey (DFS). Split mouth technique was used. The study was undertaken by a single examiner using vibr.. View More»
DOI:
10.4172/2161-1122.1000491