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THE EFFECT OF OPERATOR AND SUBJECT GENDER ON INJECTION PAIN IN MAXILLARY ANTERIOR INFILTRATIONS

Perry, Shayne Justin

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2013, Master of Science, Ohio State University, Dentistry.
The purpose of this randomized, double-blind investigation was to evaluate operator gender and its influence on subject gender pain in maxillary anterior infiltrations. Two hundred subjects participated in this study. Each subject was seen at two appointments separated by at least 2 weeks. Each subject was randomly assigned to receive an injection over the right or left maxillary lateral incisor. At each appointment, each subject randomly received an initial injection of 2% lidocaine with 1:100,000 epinephrine by one of twenty, individually calibrated operators. At the second appointment, each subject received the same injection by a different operator of the opposite gender. Immediately after each injection, subjects rated pain of needle insertion, needle placement, and solution deposition on 170-mm visual analog scales. Dental anxiety was determined by each subject, at each appointment, using the Corah’s Dental Anxiety Scale. No significant differences were detected between male or female participants on the Corah’s Dental Anxiety Scale. In addition, no significant differences were found for the needle insertion or needle placement phases of the injections. A significant difference (p=0.0357) was only found during the solution deposition phase of the injection as female subjects reported higher pain scores when receiving injections from male operators. In conclusion, gender did not have a statistically significant effect on injection pain for most phases of the maxillary infiltration injection. While gender did show a statistical difference for solution deposition pain, it was only when a male operator administered the injection to female subjects.
Melissa Drum, DDS, MS (Advisor)
170 p.

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  • Perry, S. J. (2013). THE EFFECT OF OPERATOR AND SUBJECT GENDER ON INJECTION PAIN IN MAXILLARY ANTERIOR INFILTRATIONS [Master's thesis, Ohio State University]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1375203063

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Perry, Shayne. THE EFFECT OF OPERATOR AND SUBJECT GENDER ON INJECTION PAIN IN MAXILLARY ANTERIOR INFILTRATIONS. 2013. Ohio State University, Master's thesis. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1375203063.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Perry, Shayne. "THE EFFECT OF OPERATOR AND SUBJECT GENDER ON INJECTION PAIN IN MAXILLARY ANTERIOR INFILTRATIONS." Master's thesis, Ohio State University, 2013. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1375203063

    Chicago Manual of Style (17th edition)