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Virtual Reality During Periodontal Frenectomy

NCT07760987 · Status: NOT_YET_RECRUITING · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 70

Last updated 2026-08-12

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Summary

The goal of this clinical trial is to learn whether virtual reality can reduce anxiety, pain, and physiological stress responses during periodontal frenectomy in adults who need this surgical procedure.

The main questions it aims to answer are:

Does virtual reality reduce anxiety before and after periodontal frenectomy? Does virtual reality reduce pain during and after the procedure? Does virtual reality have a favorable effect on physiological stress responses such as blood pressure, heart rate, and oxygen saturation? Does virtual reality affect surgical process-related outcomes and early wound healing?

Researchers will compare adults who receive standard periodontal frenectomy with virtual reality-based audiovisual distraction to adults who receive standard periodontal frenectomy without virtual reality.

Participants will:

Complete anxiety and pain questionnaires before the procedure. Undergo periodontal frenectomy under local anesthesia. Be randomly assigned to either the virtual reality group or the control group. Have blood pressure, heart rate, oxygen saturation, and pain levels recorded at defined time points during the procedure.

Record daily pain levels and analgesic use for 7 days after surgery. Return for a 7-day follow-up visit for suture removal and early wound healing assessment.

Conditions

  • Dental Anxiety
  • Frenectomy
  • Virtual Reality

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Virtual Reality-Based Audiovisual Distraction

Participants assigned to the virtual reality group will use a Meta Quest 3 head-mounted device during periodontal frenectomy. A standardized nature video with calming audio will be presented from before local anesthesia until completion of the surgical procedure. The content will be shown from the same starting point with the same brightness and volume settings for all participants. Participants will watch the content passively without interaction.

PROCEDURE

Standard Periodontal Frenectomy

All participants will undergo clinically indicated periodontal frenectomy under local anesthesia using a standardized surgical protocol. The procedure will be performed by the same surgeon under standardized clinical conditions.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Bilecik Seyh Edebali Universitesi

    collaborator OTHER

  • Muhammed Emin Kalender

    lead OTHER

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
SUPPORTIVE_CARE
Masking
SINGLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Max Age
65 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2026-09-30
Primary Completion
2027-02-28
Completion
2027-08-31

Countries

  • Turkey (Türkiye)

Study Locations

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