Dental Attire Effect on Children's Dental Anxiety

Summary

The aim of this study is to evaluate the effect of friendly attire on dental anxiety among children visiting dental office in comparison with conventional attire. All of the children who will be experienced maxillary dental anesthesia with/without distraction will be assessed by using a combination of measures: Wong-Baker faces and the Children's Fear Scale (self-report), heart pulse rate, and behavior (using Anxiety levels using Face - Legs - Activity - Cry - Consolability "FLACC" scale "external evaluator") Acceptance will be measured using a two-point Likert scale.

Conditions

• Behavior, Child
• Dental Anxiety
• Anesthesia, Local

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Evaluation the effectiveness of distraction in the reception area in the management of anxious pediatric patients during dental local anesthesia

Buccal and palatal infiltration will be administrated with basic behavior guidance techniques while the dentist wearing conventional attire in the treatment room after meeting the child in the reception area while wearing the friendly attire.

BEHAVIORAL

Evaluation the effectiveness of distraction in the treatment area in the management of anxious pediatric patients during dental local anesthesia

Buccal and palatal infiltration will be administrated with basic behavior guidance techniques while the dentist wearing friendly attire in the treatment room after meeting the child in the reception area while wearing the conventional attire.

BEHAVIORAL

Evaluation the effectiveness of distraction in both reception and treatment areas in the management of anxious pediatric patients during dental local anesthesia

Buccal and palatal infiltration will be administrated with basic behavior guidance techniques while the dentist wearing friendly attire in the reception area and treatment room.

BEHAVIORAL

Evaluation of the effectiveness of basic behavior guidance techniques without using any type of distraction aids in the management of anxious pediatric patients during dental local anesthesia

Buccal and palatal infiltration will be administrated with basic behavior guidance techniques while the dentist wearing conventional attire in the reception area and treatment room.

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Damascus University

  lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

• Jamila Bchara, DDs · Damascus University

• Mohannad Laflof, Phd · Damascus University

Study Design

Allocation

RANDOMIZED

Purpose

TREATMENT

Masking

SINGLE

Model

PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age

6 Years

Max Age

10 Years

Sex

ALL

Healthy Volunteers

Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start

2023-01-15

Primary Completion

2023-12-15

Completion

2024-05-25

Countries

• Syria

Study Locations