Dental Anxiety, Pain
Conditions
Keywords
Dental anxiety, Pain, Child, Pediatric dentistry, Hypnosis
Brief summary
Anxiety and pain are emotions that the child often experiences in the dental office, generating the appearance of negative, uncooperative and even disruptive behaviors during the treatment; these make it difficult for dental care and the possibility of establishing a relationship of trust between the pediatric dentist and the patient. The pediatric dentist must promote a positive attitude of the child throughout the dental treatment, keep the child calm and avoid feeling pain is essential at each appointment. When carrying out dental treatments that are more invasive or painful for the patient, such as pulpotomies, it is difficult to distinguish and separate anxiety from pain. In this project, anxiety/pain will be managed as a whole, to assess it with the same scale, and to correlate the scores obtained with the variations in skin conductance and heart rate, before, during and after perform pulpotomies in children.
Interventions
BEHAVIORALHypnosis
Therapeutic technique in which clinicians make suggestions to individuals who have undergone a procedure designed to relax them and focus their minds.
BEHAVIORALTell, show, do technique
The technique involves verbal explanations of procedures in phrases appropriate to the developmental level of the patient (tell); demonstrations for the patient of the visual, auditory, olfactory, and tactile aspects of the procedure in a carefully defined, nonthreatening setting (show); and then, without deviating from the explanation and demonstration, completion of the procedure (do). Tell-show-do technique is used with communication skills (verbal and nonverbal) and positive reinforcement.
Sponsors
Alejandra Ramírez Carrasco
Study design
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Intervention model
PARALLEL
Primary purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
DOUBLE (Subject, Outcomes Assessor)
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
5 Years to 7 Years
Healthy volunteers
Yes
Inclusion criteria
* Without previous dental experiences, patients with clinical and radiographic indication of pulpotomy in at least one temporary inferior molar, clinically healthy patients, patients whose parents accept entry into the study and who sign the informed consent.
Exclusion criteria
* Patients who have received hypnosis before.
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Face, Legs, Activity, Cry and Consolability Scale | Change from score in baseline at score during pulpotomies and after pulpotomies, through study completation average 3 months. | A measurement used to assess pain for children between the ages of 2 months and 7 years or individuals that are unable to communicate their pain. The scale is scored in a range of 0-10 with 0 representing no pain. The scale has five criteria, which are each assigned a score of 0, 1 or 2. Each category is scored on the 0-2 scale which results in a total score of 0-10. 0 = Relaxed and comfortable 1-3 = Mild discomfort 4-6 = Moderate pain 7-10 = Severe discomfort/pain |
Contacts
Primary ContactAlejandra Ramírez, Specialist
Backup ContactClaudia Butrón Téllez-Girón, Master
Outcome results
None listed