Dental Anxiety
Conditions
Keywords
dental anxiety, behavior management
Brief summary
thhe goal of this clinical trial is to assess the effect of ventriloquist puppets to reduce the strees accompined by the dental visit in cgilren . The main questions it aims to answer are: * Does the ventriloquist puppet can reduce the stress accompanied by the dental visit for the children ? * What medical problems do participants have when taking drug ABC? Researchers will compare ventriloquist puppet to a control group (conventional behavior management techniques ) to see if ventriloquist puppet can lower the anxiety or not.
Interventions
BEHAVIORALVentriloquist Puppet Interaction
children allocated to the Ventriloquist Puppet group were introduced to a Ventriloquist Puppet inside the clinic and were allowed to play, talk, and interact with the puppet for 5-10 minutes.
Sponsors
Al-Azhar University
Study design
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Intervention model
PARALLEL
Primary purpose
OTHER
Masking
NONE
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
5 Years to 10 Years
Healthy volunteers
Yes
Inclusion criteria
: * healthy children with no systemic diseases. * children require dental intervention
Exclusion criteria
* children with bad dental experience * children require invasive surgical intervention
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Dental anxiety | From immediately before to immediately after the dental procedure | Change in Anxiety Score using MCDAS scale |
| Heart rate | From immediately before to immediately after the dental procedure | change in heart rate during the visit to investigate the anxiety effect using pulse oximeter |
Outcome results
None listed