No more needles? new device could make dental shots painless for children
NCT ID NCT06606587
First seen Jun 24, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026 · Updated 2 times
Summary
This study tested a needle-free injector called Comfort-In for numbing the palate in children aged 6-16 needing tooth extractions. Fifty kids received either the needle-free device or a traditional dental injection. Researchers measured pain using two standard scales. The goal was to see if the needle-free method causes less pain.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- Comfort-In needle-free injector device
- What this could lead to
- If it works, this could make dental injections less painful for children, reducing anxiety and improving their experience at the dentist.
- What could go wrong
- This is a small, completed trial with only 50 children, so results may not apply to all kids or settings. The device may still cause some discomfort or fail to numb properly.
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Study facts
What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.
- Phase
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Not a phased trial
Phase numbers describe drug development. The registry uses this when they do not apply, as it does for trials of devices, procedures or behaviour changes, and for observational studies.
- Participants
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50 people
The number who actually took part.
- Started
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Jan 2023
- Finished
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Dec 2023
- Lead sponsor
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Other sponsor
The registry's catch-all category, for sponsors it does not file as a company, a government agency, or a research network.
Who can take part
This study's own entry requirements. Only the study team can say for certain whether you qualify.
- Ages
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6 to 16 years
- Sex
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Anyone
- Healthy volunteers
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Accepted
You do not need to have the condition being studied to take part.
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Copied word for word from the study's registry entry, so the wording is the study team's rather than ours.
Inclusion Criteria: Child patient between the ages of 6-16, Requiring extraction of maxillary permanent molars and premolars with bilateral palatal infiltration anesthesia, Showing "positive" and "definitely positive" behavior during examination according to the Frankl scale, Family volunteers, No medical or developmental disease Exclusion Criteria: If there are medical or developmental disorders, If there is a chronic disease, If there is an allergy to anesthetic solutions, If there is any pathology in the anesthesia area, If the Frankl scale is "negative" and "definitely negative", If the mouth opening is not sufficient, If there is no need for symmetrical treatment in the teeth
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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: Halenur Altan, assoc. prof.
Konya, Meram, 42090, Turkey (Türkiye)
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