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Colors, Can They Reduce the Dental Anxiety

Colors, Can They Reduce the Dental Anxiety

Status
Completed
Phases
Unknown
Study type
Interventional
Source
ClinicalTrials.gov
Registry ID
NCT06452836
Enrollment
84
Registered
2024-06-11
Start date
2024-02-01
Completion date
2025-12-01
Last updated
2026-04-22

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

Conditions

Anxiety, Anxiety State, Tooth Extraction Status Nos

Brief summary

The investigator's aim in this study was to evaluate the preoperative anxiety and pain felt during the operation due to exposure to green, red, and blue light. For this purpose, the participants will wear colored glasses before the operation. The investigator will evaluate the patient's anxiety change and the pain she/he feels during the procedure.

Interventions

OTHERGreen color exposure

Patients will wear green colored glasses before and during the surgery.

OTHERRed color exposure

Patients will wear red colored glasses before and during the surgery.

OTHERBlue color exposure

Patients will wear blue colored glasses before and during the surgery.

OTHERcontrol

Patients will wear translucent glasses before and during the surgery.

Sponsors

Selcuk University
Lead SponsorOTHER

Study design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Intervention model
PARALLEL
Primary purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
DOUBLE (Subject, Outcomes Assessor)

Eligibility

Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
18 Years to 40 Years
Healthy volunteers
Yes

Inclusion criteria

* ASA 1 and ASA 2 patient population * not having had a third molar surgery before * volunteer to participate in the study

Exclusion criteria

* dental phobia * patients who will be treated under general anesthesia * refusing the measurements * not filling out the VAS * encountering complications during surgery * operations lasting more than 45 minutes

Design outcomes

Primary

MeasureTime frameDescription
Change in the Anxiety Score1 minute after the participant sits the dental unit and 10 minutes afterPatients complete the State-Trait Anxiety Inventory (STAI) while seated in the dental unit. Ten minutes after the glasses are worn, patients fill out the anxiety scale again. Changes in the scores are the primary outcome of the study. The scale range is 20-40. A lower score means better results.

Secondary

MeasureTime frameDescription
Change in the oxygen saturation1 minute after the participant sits the dental unit and 10 minutes afterSaturation measurement is done from the fingertip using a pulse oximeter one minute after the patient sits in the dental unit and after ten minutes. Changes in the scores are the secondary outcome of the study. The average value is above %90.
Change in the pulsation1 minute after the participant sits the dental unit and 10 minutes afterPulsation was measured from the fingertip by a pulse oximeter one minute after the patient sat in the dental unit and after ten minutes. Changes in the scores are the secondary outcome of the study. The average value is between 65 and 75.
Intraoperative Pain Score1 minutes after the surgeryMeasuring the pain felt by the patient after the operation with the help of the visual analog scale. The range of Scala is 0-10. A lower score means better results.
Change in the salivary cortisol level1 minute after the participant sits the dental unit and 10 minutes afterMeasuring the salivary cortisol level one minute after the patient sits in the dental unit and after ten minutes. Changes in the levels are the secondary outcome of the study.
Change in the salivary alfa-amilase level1 minute after the participant sits the dental unit and 10 minutes afterMeasuring the salivary alfa-amylase level one minute after the patient sits in the dental unit and after ten minutes. Changes in the levels are the secondary outcome of the study.

Countries

Turkey (Türkiye)

Contacts

STUDY_CHAIRGökhan Gürses

Selcuk University, Faculty of Dentistry

PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATORİsmail Okumuş

Selcuk University, Faculty of Medicine

Outcome results

None listed

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Data processed: Apr 23, 2026