A comparative evaluation of pain perception following topical application of benzocaine gel, clove-papaya based anesthetic gel and precooling of the injection site before intraoral injections in children

• Main Authors: A Anantharaj (Author), Jiline Mary Sabu (Author), Sudhir Ramakrishna (Author), Ramya Bangalore Jagdeesh (Author), P Praveen (Author), Prathibha Rani Shankarappa (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications, 2020-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Background and Aim of the Study: The topical anesthetic property of clove remains unexplored even though it has been widely used in dentistry since ages. Hence, the aim of the study was to compare the topical anesthetic efficiency of precooling with ice, clove-papaya based topical gel and benzocaine...