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Exploring the Effects of Sandalwood Aromatherapy on Anxiety in Children at the Dentist: A Study on Stress Hormones

assessment of salivary cortisol level as stress biomarker in anxious pediatric dental patient before and after sandalwood aromatherapy: a randomized clinical trial - SCALE-SA: salivary cortisol assessment for levels of anxiety evaluation with sandalwood aromatherapy

Status
Active, not recruiting
Phases
Phase 2
Study type
Interventional
Source
CTRI
Registry ID
CTRI/2024/07/071039
Enrollment
50
Registered
2024-07-23
Start date
Unknown
Completion date
Unknown
Last updated
2025-04-28

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Conditions

Health Condition 1: K040- Pulpitis

Interventions

Intervention1: exposure of anxious patient to aromatherapy: anxious patients to sandalwood aromatherapy Intervention2: sandalwood aromatherapy: exposure of anxious pediatric dental patient to sandalw

Sponsors

Selfsponsored
Lead Sponsor

Eligibility

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: 1. Healthy children of age group 6–9 years visiting the Department of Pediatric and Preventive Dentistry of NIMS Dental College, Jaipur with routine dental treatments like restoration with no previous dental experience. 2. Children who are Frankel + ve or Frankel–ve in cooperation.

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: 1. Medically compromised and special children. 2. Children with any respiratory tract illnesses or cardiac problems, common cold, allergy, and acute dental pain.

Design outcomes

Primary

MeasureTime frame
measurement of salivary cortisol levels before and after sandalwood aromatherapy to assess its effect on stress reduction in pediatric dental patientsTimepoint: baseline interventions (before intervention) immediately after intervention 30 mintues post intervention 1 hour post intervention

Countries

India

Contacts

Public ContactDr Chaya Chhabra

NIMS university jaipur rajasthan

chaya.chhabra@gmail.com9929535666

Outcome results

None listed

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