Table 2. The general characteristics of the included studies.
| Study, Year | Country |
Study
type |
Age
(years) |
Gender
(female/ male) |
Anesthesia
technique (C/I) |
Number
of patients (C/I) |
Number of
Successful anesthesia (C/I) |
Anesthetized tooth
position |
Outcomes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Al-Shayyab (2017) | Jordan | RCT (split mouth) |
mean ±SD: 34.87 ± 14.93; range:13–65 | 23/32 | intraligamentary anesthesia/ supraperiosteal anesthesia |
55/55 | 39/49 | Posterior maxillary permanent teeth | VAS, success rate, VRS |
| Biocanin et al. (2013) | Serbia | RCT (parallel) |
mean ±SD: 27.8 ± 9.9; range: 24–31 | 28/32 | intraligamentary anesthesia/ intraseptal anesthesia |
30/30 | 21/27 | Mandibular first premolars | success rate, onset time, duration of anesthesia, the width of the anesthetic field |
| Brkovic et al. (2010) | Serbia | RCT (split mouth) |
mean ±SD: 37.1 ± 12.3 | 19/16 | intraligamentary anesthesia/ intraseptal anesthesia |
35/35 | 32/31 | Maxillary lateral incisors extraction | VAS, success rate, onset time, duration of anesthesia |
| Jain & Nazar (2018) | India | RCT (parallel) |
range:18–40 | NR | intraligamentary anesthesia/ supraperiosteal anesthesia |
15/15 | 15/15 | Maxillary teeth | VAS, success rate |
| Meechan & Ledvinka (2002) | UK | RCT (split mouth) |
range: 21–24 | NR | intraligamentary anesthesia/ supraperiosteal anesthesia |
12/12 | 0/10 | Mandibular central incisors | VAS, success rate |
| Ryalat et al. (2018) | Jordan | RCT (split mouth) |
mean: 32.15; range: 11–65 | 11/29 | intraligamentary anesthesia/ supraperiosteal anesthesia |
40/40 | 34/25 | Maxillary first molar teeth | VAS, VRS, success rate |
| Subramaniam, Dhanraj & Jain (2018) | India | RCT (parallel) |
range: 25–40 | 4/8 | intraligamentary anesthesia/ subperiosteal infiltration |
6/6 | 6/6 | NR | VAS, success rate |
Notes.
- SD
- standard deviation
- C
- control group
- I
- intervention group
- NR
- not reported
- RCT
- randomized controlled trial
- VAS
- visual analog scale