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Preference of Dental Practitioners toward the Use of Local and Topical Anesthetics for Pediatric Patients in Saudi Arabia: A Cross-Sectional Survey

Background: Local anesthesia administration techniques are slightly challenging to perform and master on the basis of experience. It is always delicate to adjust to the first patient injection, especially in children. This study investigated dental practitioners’ preferences toward topical and local...

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Autores principales: Alanazi, Fahad Shulaywih, Alhazzaa, Mohammed Fahad, Alosaimi, Yazeed Mohammed, Alajaji, Faisal Abdullah, Alanazi, Atallah Shulaywih, Alassaf, Abdullah, Almulhim, Basim, Alghamdi, Sara Ayid, Mallineni, Sreekanth Kumar
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Publicado: MDPI 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8617856/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34828691
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/children8110978
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author Alanazi, Fahad Shulaywih
Alhazzaa, Mohammed Fahad
Alosaimi, Yazeed Mohammed
Alajaji, Faisal Abdullah
Alanazi, Atallah Shulaywih
Alassaf, Abdullah
Almulhim, Basim
Alghamdi, Sara Ayid
Mallineni, Sreekanth Kumar
author_facet Alanazi, Fahad Shulaywih
Alhazzaa, Mohammed Fahad
Alosaimi, Yazeed Mohammed
Alajaji, Faisal Abdullah
Alanazi, Atallah Shulaywih
Alassaf, Abdullah
Almulhim, Basim
Alghamdi, Sara Ayid
Mallineni, Sreekanth Kumar
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description Background: Local anesthesia administration techniques are slightly challenging to perform and master on the basis of experience. It is always delicate to adjust to the first patient injection, especially in children. This study investigated dental practitioners’ preferences toward topical and local anesthetics for children in Saudi Arabia. Materials and methods: A questionnaire was sent through google forms to the participants, including sociodemographic characteristics, as well as perceptions of local anesthesia and topical anesthesia. The details for each demographic variable were based the gender, occupation, and experience years. Descriptive statistics were carried out using SPSS (version 24.0), where a p-value of 0.05 at a 95% confidence interval was considered significant. Result: A total of 274 responses were received from Saudi Arabian dental practitioners, whereby 92.3% preferred lidocaine, and, while choosing local anesthesia, most participants (57.7%) considered precise bodyweight. The majority of the participants selected 27 gauge needles for infiltrations (46.3%) and blocks (63.9%). Short needles were preferred by the majority (93.4%) of the dental practitioners for infiltration, while long needles (83.9%) were chosen for nerve blocks. Benzocaine (68.2%) was preferred by the majority of the dental practitioners for topical anesthesia, and 55.8% of them were not aware of the brand of the topical anesthesia. The majority of dental practitioners felt that topical anesthesia was effective prior to administration of local anesthesia, and 83.6% of the Arabian dental practitioners expressed that patients complained regarding the taste of topical anesthesia. There were mixed opinions observed among the genders and occupations of dental practitioners regarding anesthetics used. Conclusion: The dental practitioners’ perceptions and preferences demonstrate that the most commonly preferred type of local anesthetic was lidocaine, whereas the most preferred type of topical anesthetic was benzocaine in gel form. Moreover, the most widely used factor in deciding the dosage of local anesthesia was precise body weight among Saudi dentists. The majority of participants preferred short needles for infiltrations and long needles for nerve blocks. The 27 gauge needle was chosen by the majority of the participants for both infiltration and nerve blocks.
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spelling pubmed-86178562021-11-27 Preference of Dental Practitioners toward the Use of Local and Topical Anesthetics for Pediatric Patients in Saudi Arabia: A Cross-Sectional Survey Alanazi, Fahad Shulaywih Alhazzaa, Mohammed Fahad Alosaimi, Yazeed Mohammed Alajaji, Faisal Abdullah Alanazi, Atallah Shulaywih Alassaf, Abdullah Almulhim, Basim Alghamdi, Sara Ayid Mallineni, Sreekanth Kumar Children (Basel) Article Background: Local anesthesia administration techniques are slightly challenging to perform and master on the basis of experience. It is always delicate to adjust to the first patient injection, especially in children. This study investigated dental practitioners’ preferences toward topical and local anesthetics for children in Saudi Arabia. Materials and methods: A questionnaire was sent through google forms to the participants, including sociodemographic characteristics, as well as perceptions of local anesthesia and topical anesthesia. The details for each demographic variable were based the gender, occupation, and experience years. Descriptive statistics were carried out using SPSS (version 24.0), where a p-value of 0.05 at a 95% confidence interval was considered significant. Result: A total of 274 responses were received from Saudi Arabian dental practitioners, whereby 92.3% preferred lidocaine, and, while choosing local anesthesia, most participants (57.7%) considered precise bodyweight. The majority of the participants selected 27 gauge needles for infiltrations (46.3%) and blocks (63.9%). Short needles were preferred by the majority (93.4%) of the dental practitioners for infiltration, while long needles (83.9%) were chosen for nerve blocks. Benzocaine (68.2%) was preferred by the majority of the dental practitioners for topical anesthesia, and 55.8% of them were not aware of the brand of the topical anesthesia. The majority of dental practitioners felt that topical anesthesia was effective prior to administration of local anesthesia, and 83.6% of the Arabian dental practitioners expressed that patients complained regarding the taste of topical anesthesia. There were mixed opinions observed among the genders and occupations of dental practitioners regarding anesthetics used. Conclusion: The dental practitioners’ perceptions and preferences demonstrate that the most commonly preferred type of local anesthetic was lidocaine, whereas the most preferred type of topical anesthetic was benzocaine in gel form. Moreover, the most widely used factor in deciding the dosage of local anesthesia was precise body weight among Saudi dentists. The majority of participants preferred short needles for infiltrations and long needles for nerve blocks. The 27 gauge needle was chosen by the majority of the participants for both infiltration and nerve blocks. MDPI 2021-10-28 /pmc/articles/PMC8617856/ /pubmed/34828691 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/children8110978 Text en © 2021 by the authors. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
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Alanazi, Fahad Shulaywih
Alhazzaa, Mohammed Fahad
Alosaimi, Yazeed Mohammed
Alajaji, Faisal Abdullah
Alanazi, Atallah Shulaywih
Alassaf, Abdullah
Almulhim, Basim
Alghamdi, Sara Ayid
Mallineni, Sreekanth Kumar
Preference of Dental Practitioners toward the Use of Local and Topical Anesthetics for Pediatric Patients in Saudi Arabia: A Cross-Sectional Survey
title Preference of Dental Practitioners toward the Use of Local and Topical Anesthetics for Pediatric Patients in Saudi Arabia: A Cross-Sectional Survey
title_full Preference of Dental Practitioners toward the Use of Local and Topical Anesthetics for Pediatric Patients in Saudi Arabia: A Cross-Sectional Survey
title_fullStr Preference of Dental Practitioners toward the Use of Local and Topical Anesthetics for Pediatric Patients in Saudi Arabia: A Cross-Sectional Survey
title_full_unstemmed Preference of Dental Practitioners toward the Use of Local and Topical Anesthetics for Pediatric Patients in Saudi Arabia: A Cross-Sectional Survey
title_short Preference of Dental Practitioners toward the Use of Local and Topical Anesthetics for Pediatric Patients in Saudi Arabia: A Cross-Sectional Survey
title_sort preference of dental practitioners toward the use of local and topical anesthetics for pediatric patients in saudi arabia: a cross-sectional survey
topic Article
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8617856/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34828691
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/children8110978
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