Comparison of perceived pain and patients’ satisfaction with traditional local anesthesia and single tooth anesthesia: A randomized clinical trial

Table 1 Demographic details of patients included in the study

Anesthetic technique	Sex	Age in yr
		18-24	25-34	35-44	45-54	55-64
Traditional infiltration	Female	10	13	3	0	0
	Male	6	3	0	5	0
STA	Female	15	15	3	0	0
	Male	4	0	1	0	2
Patients in each age group		35	31	7	5	2

STA: Single tooth anesthesia.

Table 2 Perceived pain among the patients of infiltration and single tooth anesthesia group using Wong-Baker FACES pain scale

Perceived pain	Patient group	Mean ± SD before	Mean ± SD After / during	Mean difference	P value
Before anesthesia vs During anesthesia	Infiltration	1.35 ± 1.79	1.2 ± 1.5	0.15	0.68
	STA	1.5 ± 1.95	1.02 ± 1.4	0.48	0.15
Before anesthesia vs After anesthesia	Infiltration	1.35 ± 1.79	0.32 ± 0.53	1.03	0.001
	STA	1.5 ± 1.95	0.15 ± 0.66	1.35	< 0.001
Before anesthesia vs During procedure	Infiltration	1.35 ± 1.79	0.9 ± 1.35	0.45	0.18
	STA	1.5 ± 1.95	0.22 ± 0.77	1.28	< 0.001

STA: Single tooth anesthesia.

Table 3 Comparison of heart rate and systolic blood pressure

	Patient group	Heart rate		Systolic blood pressure
		Mean ± SD	P value	Mean ± SD	P value
Before anesthesia	Infiltration	74.9 ± 9.22		119.07 ± 21.86
	STA	81.27 ± 6.9	< 0.001	115.73 ± 10.9	0.39
During anesthesia	Infiltration	77.14 ± 10.57		115.58 ± 10.79
	STA	81.35 ± 5.65	0.03	120.43 ± 14.91	0.09
After anesthesia	Infiltration	74.17 ± 8.5		116.68 ± 15
	STA	84.82 ± 7.2	< 0.001	121.78 ± 13.56	0.11

STA: Single tooth anesthesia; SD: Standard deviation.