Clinical Evaluation of no Needle Dental Anesthesia Compared to Syringe Anesthesia Delivery

Phase 0 Completed 20 enrolled Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center in New Orleans Henley Ion · collab

RandomizedCrossoverSingle-blindTreatment

Summary

The purpose of the study is to evaluate two different ways to administer the numbing solution. One is with a conventional needle and syringe the other method iontophoresis is a machine that supplies a weak current through electrodes that touch your teeth. Both methods use an anesthesia solution to make your teeth numb but the iontophoresis system contains no needle and the delivery device does not penetrate the gum.

Timeline

Start: 2024-08-01
Primary completion: 2025-06-12
Completion: 2025-07-01

Drugs

Evaluation	Drug	Modality	Dose	Route
Comparator	Lidocaine	Other / unclassified	—	Other
Subject	Oxymetazoline	Other / unclassified	0.5 %	Other
Subject	tetracaine	Other / unclassified	4 %	Other

Indications

No indication recorded.