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Publisher: Peytchinski, Gospodin Iliev
ISSN: 1312 773X (Online)
Issue: 2014, vol. 20, issue 5
Subject Collection: Oral and Dental Medicine
Pages: 631-633
DOI: 10.5272/jimab.2014205.631
Published online: 03 November 2014
J of IMAB 2014 Oct-Dec;20(5):631-633
SUBJECTIVE ACCEPTANCE OF PEDIATRIC PATIENTS DURING CAVITY PREPARATION WITH Er:YAG LASER AND CONVENTIONAL ROTARY INSTRUMENTS.
Ani Belcheva
, Maria Shindova.
Department of Pediatric Dentistry, Faculty of Dental Medicine, Medical University – Plovdiv, Bulgaria
ABSTRACT:
Aim: The aim of the present study is to evaluate and compare the subjective acceptance in children during hard dental tissue therapy using Er:YAG laser 2940nm and conventional rotary instruments.
Methods and materials: The study included ninety 6-12-years-old children with matched carious lesions (D3 threshold, WHO system), divided into two equal treatment groups. In the intervention group the cavities were prepared with Erbium:YAG laser 2940nm and in the control group with conventional rotary instruments, without anaesthesia. After cavity preparation patient’s subjective acceptance was assessed by a questionnaire concerning primary stress triggers.
Results: The annoyance factor (vibration) was found as a stress trigger in the majority of control children (86.7%), while in the intervention group it was found in 2.2% of cases. The most anxiety provoking items in the intervention group were smell (67.7%) and taste (42.2%). The sound was found to be a stress trigger in more than half of control children (62.2%) and less than one-fifth of the children in the intervention group (15.6%). The study results showed significant difference in these items between two groups (p< 0.001).
Conclusions: The Erbium:YAG lasers reduce three of four stress triggers in `4S` principle - vibration, sight and sound. They are a good treatment option for fearful children since they have acceptable efficiency in treatment of pediatric anxiety disorders compared to the mechanical preparation.
Key words: laser therapy, subjective acceptance, pediatric dentistry,
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Please cite this article in PubMed Style or AMA (American Medical Association) Style:
Belcheva A, Shindova M. Subjective Acceptance of Pediatric Patients during Cavity Preparation with Er:YAG Laser and Conventional Rotary Instruments. J of IMAB. 2014 Oct-Dec;20(5):631-633.
doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.5272/jimab.2014205.631
Correspondence to: Assoc. Prof. Dr Ani Belcheva, DMD, PhD, Department of Paediatric Dentistry, Faculty of Dental Medicine, Medical University - Plovdiv, 3, Hristo Botev blvd., 4000 Plovdiv, Bulgaria; E-mail: abeltcheva@gmail.com
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Received: 26 August 2014
Published online: 03 November 2014