Awareness and prevention of patient gag reflex among pedodontists in India: A web-based survey

Roy, Swarup; Bhayya, Deepak P; Gupta, Shilpi; Upadhyay, Kanchi; Tiwari, Shailesh; Rao, A. Vijaya Mohan

doi:10.4103/0970-4388.186742

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“…Gagging is defined as a pharyngeal sphincter muscle ejector contraction 1 . The management and treatment of the patient when gagging persists or develops while taking an impression is one of the more perplexing situations encountered by every pediatric dentist.…”

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“…T he gag reflex (GR) is a normal protective process that tries on evicting undesirable's substances, irritating or toxic materials from the upper gastrointestinal tract or from entering the trachea 1 . Based on somatogenic and psychogenic origins, 'psychogenic' gagging can develop without physical touch, but the simple anticipation of dental intervention can be enough to produce gagging.…”

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Effectiveness of intellectual color game, audio-visual and stress ball distraction methods on gagging and anxiety management in children

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Kaur

Choudhary

et al. 2022

JOCPD

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Objectives:To compare the effectiveness of Intellectual color game, Audio-Visual and Stress Ball distraction methods on gagging and anxiety management in children. Study design: One hundred eight children, between 5 and 12 years of age, with gag reflex score ranging from G1 to G3 requiring upper and lower alginate impressions for diagnostic purpose were included in the study. The baseline gagging score (G0) and baseline anxiety (A0) was recorded for included children. Then upper and lower impressions were attempted with unflavored alginate by employing one of the selected distraction methods (Intellectual Color Game, Audio-Visual, Stress-Ball) by randomization protocol. The anxiety and gag reflex scores were recorded after impression procedure and analyzed statistically. The p value set was p ≤ 0.05. Results: Children in stress ball group showed higher significant change in the pre and post gagging scores when compared to audio visual and intellectual color game groups. While assessing anxiety scores, all the three groups showed significant change between the pre and post anxiety scores. Conclusion: Intellectual Color Game, Audio-Visual and Stress-Ball distraction methods can be recommended as implicit tools for gagging and anxiety management in children.

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