@article {Versloot:December 2005:0909-8836:488,
	author = "Versloot, Judith",
	author = "Veerkamp, Jaap S. J.",
	author = "Hoogstraten, Johan",
	title = "Computerized anesthesia delivery system vs. traditional syringe: comparing pain and pain-related behavior in children",
	journal = "European Journal of Oral Sciences",
	volume = "113",
	year = "December 2005",
	abstract = "<I>Versloot J, Veerkamp JSJ, Hoogstraten J. Computerized anesthesia delivery system vs. traditional syringe: comparing pain and pain-related behavior in children. Eur J Oral Sci 2005; 113: 488&#8211;493</I>. &#169; Eur J Oral Sci, 2005 <P></P>The aim of this study was to compare the behavioral reaction of children who receive local anesthesia with a traditional syringe with the behavioral reaction of children who receive local anesthesia with a computerized device (Wand) and to differentiate between the reactions of highly anxious children with those displaying low anxiety. One hundred and twenty-five children aged 4&#8211;11&#8201;yr were randomly allocated to receive local anesthesia with the Wand or a traditional injection. Parents completed the Dental Subscale of the Children's Fear Survey Schedule (CFSS-DS). Two independent observers scored videotapes of the anesthesia in 15-s intervals. The occurrence of muscle tension, crying, verbal protest, movement, and resistance was registered and a score was given on the Venham distress scale. The mean injection time with the Wand was four times as long as with the traditional syringe. During the first 15&#8201;s of the injection, low-anxious children receiving local anesthesia with the Wand displayed less muscle tension, less verbal protest and less movement than children receiving local anesthesia with the traditional syringe. Within the high-anxious group no differences were found. It was concluded that low-anxious children seem to benefit from the use of the Wand instead of the traditional syringe in receiving local anesthesia.",
	pages = "488-493(6)",
	url = "http://www.ingentaconnect.com/content/mksg/eos/2005/00000113/00000006/art00006"
	doi = "doi:10.1111/j.1600-0722.2005.00252.x"
}