Randomized Clinical Trial
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World J Clin Cases. Oct 6, 2019; 7(19): 2986-2994
Published online Oct 6, 2019. doi: 10.12998/wjcc.v7.i19.2986
Comparison of perceived pain and patients’ satisfaction with traditional local anesthesia and single tooth anesthesia: A randomized clinical trial
Mohammad I Al-Obaida, Mehdiya Haider, Rawan Hashim, Wafa AlGheriri, Sree Lalita Celur, Samar A Al-Saleh, Ebtissam M Al-Madi
Mohammad I Al-Obaida, Ebtissam M Al-Madi, Department of Restorative Dental Sciences, College of Dentistry, King Saud University, Riyadh 11527, Saudi Arabia
Mehdiya Haider, Rawan Hashim, Wafa AlGheriri, College of Dentistry, Princess Nourah bint AbdulRahman University, Riyadh 11671, Saudi Arabia
Sree Lalita Celur, Department of Basic Dental Sciences, College of Dentistry, Princess Nourah bint AbdulRahman University, Riyadh, 13414, Saudi Arabia
Samar A Al-Saleh, Department of Prosthetic Dental Sciences, College of Dentistry, King Saud University, Riyadh 11527, Saudi Arabia
Author contributions: Al-Obaida MI conceived the study; Al-Obaida MI and Al-Madi EM designed the study; Al-Obaida MI and Al-Madi EM, Al-Saleh SA, and Celur SL analyzed the data; Haider M, Hashim R, and AlGheriri W performed the data collection; Al-Madi EM, Haider M, Hashem R, AlGheriri W, and Celur SL wrote the manuscript; all authors critically reviewed the manuscript and approved it.
Institutional review board statement: The study was reviewed by the Princess Nourah bint AbdulRahman IRB and has determined that the proposed project poses minimal risk to the participants. Therefore, the research has been deemed EXPEDITED by IRB review. IRB #17-0131.
Clinical trial registration statement: The study was registered in the Health Science Research Center in Princess Nourah bint AbdulRahman University.
Informed consent statement: Written informed consent was obtained from each patient before the enrollment into the study. No identifying information, including patients’ names, initials, and hospital numbers, have been included in any written descriptions in the manuscript.
Conflict-of-interest statement: The authors have no conflict of interest.
Data sharing statement: Data is available on request from the authors.
CONSORT 2010 statement: The authors have read the CONSORT 2010 Statement, and the manuscript was prepared and revised according to the CONSORT 2010 Statement.
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Corresponding author: Ebtissam M Al-Madi, DDS, MSc, Associate Professor, Department of Restorative Dental Sciences, College of Dentistry, King Saud University, PO Box 68004, Riyadh 11527, Saudi Arabia.ealmadi@ksu.edu.sa
Telephone: +966-50-5206314
Received: April 29, 2019
Peer-review started: May 9, 2019
First decision: August 1, 2019
Revised: August 29, 2019
Accepted: September 9, 2019
Article in press: September 9, 2019
Published online: October 6, 2019
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Core Tip

Core tip: Single tooth anesthesia (STA) patients had a better treatment experience and preferred to have the same method of injection in the future. The system provided less painful and more comfortable restorative treatment procedures in comparison to the traditional infiltration technique. During the restorative procedure, less pain was perceived by STA patients. However, there was no difference in systolic blood pressure during anesthetic injection using both traditional and STA techniques.