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Audiovisual distraction vs Conventional treatment: Adverse effects: pain on injection (solution deposition), Heft-Parker VAS 0-170 mm

Population
Children and adolescents having dental treatment under local anaesthetic without general anaesthesia
Intervention
Audiovisual distraction
Comparison
Conventional treatment
Outcome
Adverse effects: pain on injection (solution deposition), Heft-Parker VAS 0-170 mm

Audiovisual distraction showed no clear difference in pain on injection (Wong-Baker Faces Pain Rating Scale, after… compared with conventional treatment; GRADE not reported.

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Audiovisual distraction vs Conventional treatment
Pain on injection (Wong-Baker Faces Pain Rating Scale, after inferior alveolar block) · Children and adolescents having dental treatment under local anaesthetic without general anaesthesia · During LA, VR box vs conventional
Audiovisual distraction showed no clear difference in pain on injection (Wong-Baker Faces Pain Rating Scale, after… compared with conventional treatment; GRADE not reported.
Interventions for increasing acceptance of local anaesthetic in children and adolescents having dental… (2020) · Cochrane All outcomes
MD 0.04 [-0.41, 0.48]1 studyGRADE not reported

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ReviewSearched up toIncluded studiesAMSTAR 2
Interventions for increasing acceptance of local anaesthetic in children and adolescents having dental treatment
2020 · Cochrane All outcomes
2019-05Not listedNot assessed
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