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Assessing the Efficacy of Lemongrass and Lavender Aromatherapy in Reducing Dental Anxiety and Pain Associated With Local Anesthetic Injections in Pediatric Dental Patients

NCT07113080 · Status: RECRUITING · Phase: PHASE4 · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 48

Last updated 2025-08-08

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Summary

The goal of this clinical trial is to evaluate whether aromatherapy using lemongrass or lavender essential oils can reduce dental anxiety and pain perception in children aged 7-11 years undergoing local anesthetic administration in a pediatric dental setting.

The main questions it aims to answer are:

Does lemongrass or lavender aromatherapy reduce anxiety levels, as measured by salivary cortisol, in children receiving local anesthesia?

Does aromatherapy influence pain perception and physiological stress (heart rate) during the procedure?

Researchers will compare a lavender aromatherapy group, a lemongrass aromatherapy group, and a control group without aromatherapy to see if the essential oils have a calming effect that reduces anxiety and pain compared to no intervention.

Participants will:

Inhale either lavender, lemongrass, or no essential oil (control) for two minutes via nebulizer.

Undergo local anesthesia administration for a dental procedure.

Provide unstimulated and stimulated saliva samples before and after the procedure for cortisol analysis.

Report their pain level using the Wong-Baker Faces Pain Rating Scale.

Have their heart rate measured before and after the procedure using a finger-type pulse oximeter.

Conditions

  • Dental Fear and Anxiety

Interventions

DRUG

lavender essential oil inhaled using face mask

participants will inhale lavender essential oil via nebulizer before local anesthesia administration

DRUG

lemongrass essential oil inhaled using face mask

participants will inhale lemongrass essential oil via nebulizer before the local anesthesia administration

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Hiba Ahmed Eltayeb

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Ola Mohamed Abd El-geleel Associate Professor · Faculty of Dentistry, Ain Shams University.

  • Basma Gamal Awad Lecturer · Faculty of Dentistry, Ain Shams University.

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
SINGLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
7 Years
Max Age
11 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2025-02-21
Primary Completion
2025-11-30
Completion
2025-11-30

Countries

  • Egypt

Study Locations

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