Dental Anxiety
Conditions
Keywords
Aromatherapy
Brief summary
This study aims to Evaluate and compare the role of Damask rose essential oils in reducing a child's dental anxiety and pain undergoing local anesthesia administration
Detailed description
Dental anxiety is recognized as one of the major public health problems. It can lead to avoidance of necessary dental care, which affects oral health negatively, especially in children where dental care providers face a challenge to control dental anxiety to manage the child in the dental visit. Overall prevalence of dental anxiety was 23.9% with less prevalent in adolescents (13.3%), more prevalent in preschoolers (36.5%), and schoolchildren (25.8%). Methods for managing anxiety in dentistry are both pharmacological and non-pharmacological. Aromatherapy is one of the non-pharmacological methods, it is a Simple, inexpensive, non-invasive method introduced by the use of aromatic essential oils through the sense of smell to produce positive physiological effects, relaxation and relieve anxiety symptoms. Aromatherapy can also decrease pain perception during local anesthetic injections in children. Rosa damascene is commonly known as Damask roses, a plant belonging to the Rosaceae family. The flowers of this plant are large, showy and colorful. for its scent, it is also used in the production of essential oil and rose water. The R. damascena plant has also been used for medicinal applications it has analgesic, anti-inflammatory, anti-headache, and muscle-relaxing effects, and due to its strong depressing effect on the central nervous system it has hypnotic, anticonvulsant, antidepressant, and ant anxiety, effects. The effect of rose oil in reducing pain has been conducted in children who are hospitalized for surgery, measuring the effect on post-operative pain intensity. Also, the effect of rose oil in the reduction of dental anxiety has already been studied but has been conducted on adults orthodontic patients.
Interventions
OTHERDamask Rose Essential Oil
Aromatherapy is a relaxation therapy media that uses aromatic essence extracts from plant parts. Aromatherapy is used to treat and improve physical and psychological health
Sponsors
clinical professor
Moushtaha Sayed Hamid
Study design
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Intervention model
SINGLE_GROUP
Primary purpose
OTHER
Masking
SINGLE (Outcomes Assessor)
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
7 Years to 12 Years
Healthy volunteers
Yes
Inclusion criteria
* Egyptian children from 7 to 12 years old require local anesthesia administration. * Absence of any systemic problems, physical and mental disabilities. * Children intellectually sufficient to complete the anxiety scale and those whose parents were willing to participate in the study. * Frankel rating 3 in cooperation
Exclusion criteria
* Presence of dental or medical emergency and systemic disorders. * Special needs children. * Children with any respiratory tract illnesses, common, cold or allergy.
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Pulse rate | immediately after the intervention | will be recorded by an Automated blood pressure device |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Level of anxiety | immediately after the intervention | will be recorded by Dental Anxiety Scale - Faces version \[16\] Modified Child Dental Anxiety Scale simplified Scores (1-5) higher scores mean worse outcome |
| Blood pressure (systolic and diastolic blood pressure) | immediately after the intervention | will be recorded by an Automated blood pressure device |
| Pain rating scale | immediately after the intervention | will be recorded by Faces, legs, activity, cry, and controllability scale (FLACC) Score(0-10) higher scores mean worse outcome |
Contacts
Primary ContactMoushtaha Sayed
Backup ContactReem Mohammed
Outcome results
None listed