Health Condition 1: K040- Pulpitis
Conditions
Interventions
Intervention1: Audio Dental Story: Age appropriate audio dental educational stories used as a non pharmacological behaviour management technique (distraction technique). The audio stories was employed
Sponsors
Dr Ritika sabat
Eligibility
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: Healthy, 4-10-year-old children reporting to OPD of the Department of Pediatric and Preventive Dentistry Children with positive ratings of Wrights modification of Frankl behavior rating scale during the initial examination Children requiring treatment under local anesthesia (inferior alveolar nerve Block).
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: Children who have already gone under any other method of behavioral management therapy in the past 2 months. Presence of any systemic disease. Child with special health care needs.
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Dental Anxiety Measured through pulse rate and Venhams Picture TestTimepoint: measured at 2 points, one at Baseline and other 1 minute after local anesthesia in the first visit | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Dental Pain Measured using a subjective (Wong Bakers Faces Pain Rating Scale) & an objective (Faces, leg, activity, cry, consolibility FLACC scale) pain rating scales Timepoint: Measured at one point, after administration of local anesthesia during the first visit;Dental Behaviour seen via Venhams Behaviour Rating ScaleTimepoint: baseline value measured at one point, after administration of local anesthesia in the first visit | — |
Countries
India
Contacts
Public ContactDr Kiruthiga K S
Indira Gandhi Institute of Dental Sciences
Outcome results
None listed