Pain and Anxiety Levels During Dental Restorations in Primary Molars: INJEX Needleless System vs Traditional Syringe

18 April 2025 : Clinical Research

Prabhadevi C. Maganur

^{ABDEFG 1*}, Satish Vishwanathaiah

^{ABDEFG 1}, Mohammed Abdurabu Jafer

^{ACDEFG 2}, Ibtisam Moafa

^{ACDEFG 2}, Noura Alessa

^{ACDEFG 3}, Ali A. Assiry

^{ADEFG 4}, Sultan Abdulaziz Altowairqi

^{ABEFG 5}, Amani Abdu Muhammed Basheri

^{ABEFG 5}, Hanan Hussain Najmi

^{ABEFG 6}, Zainab Ali Alhazmi

^{ABEFG 5}, Shahad Mohammed Maafa

^{ABEFG 5}, Ganesh Jeevanandan

^{ACDEF 7}, Varsha Manoharan

^{ACDEF 8}

DOI: 10.12659/MSM.947691

Med Sci Monit 2025; 31:e947691

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Table 3 Intragroup comparison of pulse rate and Frankel Behavior Rating scale during local anesthesia administration.

SI No	Parameters	Groups	Comparisons	Mean±SD/Median (Q1, Q3)	P value
1.	Pulse Rate	Conventional syringe needle	Before versus during	91.83±9.5199.48±9.95	0.005^**
			Before versus after	91.83±9.5193.56±8.59	0.012
			During versus after	99.48±9.9593.56±8.59	0.02
		INJEX	Before versus during	94.39±7.6898.16±7.05	<0.001^***
			Before versus after	94.39±7.6896.6±6.79	<0.01^**
			During versus after	98.16±7.0596.6±6.79	0.07
2.	FBRS	Conventional syringe needle	Before versus during	4 (4, 4)3 (3, 4)	<0.001^***
			Before versus after	4 (4, 4)4 (3, 4)	0.12
			During versus after	3 (3, 4)4 (3, 4)	<0.001^***
		INJEX	Before versus during	4 (3, 4)3 (3, 4)	0.129
			Before versus after	4 (3, 4)4 (3, 4)	1
			During versus after	3 (3, 4)4 (3, 4)	0.233
^ Significant at 0.01 level; ^* significant at 0.001 level. FBRS – Frankel Behavior Rating scale.

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