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Open AccessUse of EMLA®: is it an injection free alternative?
Use of EMLA®: is it an injection free alternative?
1Department of Pedodontics and Preventive Children's Dentistry, A B Shetty Memorial Institute of Dental Sciences, Deralakatte, Mangalore –574160
DOI: 10.17796/jcpd.25.3.hn62713500418728 Vol.25,Issue 3,July 2001 pp.215-219
Published: 01 July 2001
*Corresponding Author(s): A.K. Munshi E-mail: XXX
Abstract
This study was conducted to evaluate the use of Eutectic Mixture of Local Anesthetics (EMLA®) for
various clinical procedures such as extraction of the mobile primary teeth, root stumps as well as pulpal
therapy procedures in the primary teeth. Thirty children in need of routine dental procedures were
selected and procedures were done under a single anesthesia of EMLA®. Pain perception and the
effectiveness of anesthesia were evaluated with the Eland’s color scale and Lickert’s scale respectively.
Results showed that use of EMLA® could to some extent eliminate the use of the needle in the procedures
performed especially in pediatric dentistry.
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