A system for mitigating pain in a patient associated with needle
penetration in the administration of medication, and in particular to a
vibratory device configured to be utilized with a variety of existing
hand-held intra-oral dental drills or like devices. The preferred
embodiment of the present invention teaches a disposable or
non-disposable vibratory tip formed to engage an off-the-shelf intra-oral
dental drill, the vibratory tip utilizing an off-axis weight associated
with a shaft drive engaging the dental drill, to provide a vibratory
sensation to an application tip, the application tip configured to engage
an area of a patient's mouth targeted for the subsequent needled
administration of local anesthetic, or other medication. In use, the
application tip is applied to the patient, the dental drill is engaged to
rotate the shaft drive of the vibratory tip, vibrating same for period of
time, so as to decrease the sensation of pain associated with the
subsequent needle penetration.