BMC oral health
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Randomized Controlled Trial
Effect of virtual reality distraction on pain and anxiety during infiltration anesthesia in pediatric patients: a randomized clinical trial.
Different distraction techniques have been used in dentistry and have shown great results in managing anxious pediatric patients specially during local anesthesia administration. One of the recently invented techniques is virtual reality. The purpose of the study was to evaluate the effect of virtual reality distraction on anxiety and pain during buccal infiltration anesthesia in pediatric patients. ⋯ Female subjects and the younger age group were more likely to report higher pain scores during local anesthesia administration regardless of the type of distraction used.