Review Article

Volume 2022, Article ID 22267501, 5 pages.

Buzzy Technique And Vibrajet In Pain Management For Local Anaesthesia – A Literature Review

Preethi Arunachalam

Senior Lecturer, Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Sri Ramakrishna Dental College and Hospital, Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu.

Address for Correspondence:

Preethi Arunachalam, MDS

Senior Lecturer, Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Sri Ramakrishna Dental College and Hospital, Bus Stop, SNR College Road, Nava India, Peelamedu, Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu 641006.

Email: mathupreethi.a@gmail.com

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Abstract

Growing evidence supports skin vibration (Vibro analgesia) as a potential technique for pain alleviation. Vibration, pinching, and applying pressure to the skin have long been accepted as ways of relieving the pain of local anesthetic infiltration. Cooling the skin has also long been believed to have analgesic benefits and some procedures are even carried out entirely using this method in place of an anesthetic injection. Buzzy (MMJ Labs, Atlanta, GE, USA) is a bee-shaped apparatus consisting of two parts: the body of a bee and detachable ice wings. The Buzzy device is primarily based on Melzack and Wall's (1965) gate control theory of pain and the descending inhibitory mechanism. This article reviews this device and its technique.

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How to cite this article:

Preethi Arunachalam, Buzzy Technique And VibrajetIn Pain Management For Local Anaesthesia –A Literature Review. Int J Cranio Maxillofac Surg Rehab Volume 2022, Article ID 22267501, 5 pages