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A study intended to evaluate and compare if wearing of eye wear to distract the vision of syringe or covering the syringe with a sleeve will be able to reduce anxiety in children receiving local anesthesia administered in syringes for dental treatment

To evaluate and compare the effectiveness of use of virtual reality device and camouflage syringes on the anxiety levels of children receiving local anesthesia for dental treatment

Status
Active, not recruiting
Phases
Phase 4
Study type
Interventional
Source
CTRI
Registry ID
CTRI/2023/03/050770
Enrollment
48
Registered
2023-03-16
Start date
Unknown
Completion date
Unknown
Last updated
2023-04-03

For informational purposes only — not medical advice. Sourced from public registries and may not reflect the latest updates. Terms

Conditions

Health Condition 1: K040- Pulpitis

Interventions

Intervention1: virtual reality eye wear: virtual reality eye wear with an inbiult sound system with an age appropriate 3D vedio playing in smart phone placed inside it before the delivery of local ana

Sponsors

Manipal Academy of higher education,Manipal
Lead Sponsor

Eligibility

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: Healthy children 4 to 11 years with no learning disabilities and requiring local anasthesia for dental procedures like pulpectomy and pulpotomy and extractions Patients with frankel behaviour rating positive and negative who have not recieved local anasthesia before

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: Children who are mentally challenged with severe phobia of injection Children with underlying systemic diseases Children with special health care needs and with audio visual impairment Children with recent intake of analgesics and sedatives within 24 hours Children with contraindications for use of local anesthesia

Design outcomes

Primary

MeasureTime frame
to measure and compare the dental anxiety levels while using virtual reality eye wear and camouflage syringe to deliver local anasthesia in childrenTimepoint: During administration of local anesthesia for a span of ten minutes

Secondary

MeasureTime frame
To compare and assess the level of pain percieved when using virtual reality eye wear and camouflage syringe to deliver local anesthesia in childrenTimepoint: During administration of local anesthesia for a span of ten minutes

Countries

India

Contacts

Public ContactDEEPIKA PAI

Manipal College of Dental Sciences,Manipal

deepikapai0479@gmail.com9741157123

Outcome results

None listed

Source: CTRI (via WHO ICTRP) · Data processed: Feb 4, 2026