Counter-stimulation or distraction vs Conventional treatment
Adverse effects: pain on injection (solution deposition), Heft-Parker VAS 0-170 mm · Children and adolescents having dental treatment under local anaesthetic without general anaesthesia
Counter-stimulation or distraction led to lower pain on injection (Wong-Baker Faces / TPPPS / FPS-R, after LA) compared with conventional treatment; GRADE not reported.
1 finding from 1 review
- Interventions for increasing acceptance of local anaesthetic in children and adolescents having dental treatment 2020 · Cochrane All outcomesImmediately before or during LA · Kamath 2013 (WITAUL)MD -3.18 [-4.26, -2.10]1 studyGRADE not reported