Dental Anxiety
Conditions
Brief summary
Background: Dental anxiety and pain are common concerns in pediatric dentistry. These issues can lead to negative experiences for children and can make it difficult for them to cooperate during treatment. While medications can help manage these symptoms, it can also have side effects. This highlights the need for safe and effective complementary treatments. Aromatherapy, particularly with lavender and rosemary oils, has demonstrated anxiolytic and analgesic properties in different fields. However, their effect in helping children cope with dental anxiety and pain during procedures requiring local anesthesia has not yet been thoroughly studied. Purpose: This study aims to investigate the efficacy of inhaled lavender oil, rosemary oil, and their combination in reducing dental anxiety and pain in children receiving local anesthesia for extraction of lower primary molar
Interventions
OTHERLavender group
Children in this group will be inhaled 0.5 ml of prepared mixture (of Lavandula Angustifolia+ Sweet Almond carrier oil ) on a cotton pad attached to the facial steamer .
OTHERRosemary group
Children in this group will be inhaled 0.5 ml of prepared mixture (of Rosmarinus Officinalis + Sweet Almond carrier oil ) on a cotton pad attached to the facial steamer
OTHERCombination of both lavender and rosemary
Children in this group would be inhaled 0.5 ml of prepared mixture (of Lavandula Angustifolia and Rosmarinus Officinalis + Sweet Almond carrier oil) on a cotton pad attached to the facial steamer .
OTHERNo essential oils
Children in this group will be inhaled 0.5 mL of the carrier oil (Sweet Almond ) on a cotton pad attached to the facial steamer .
Sponsors
Alexandria University
Study design
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Intervention model
PARALLEL
Primary purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
DOUBLE (Subject, Outcomes Assessor)
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
6 Years to 9 Years
Healthy volunteers
No
Inclusion criteria
* Frankl behavioural rating score 2 or 3 during preoperative assessment. * Healthy children ASAI. * Children without a previous dental history. * Children presenting with at least one mandibular molar indicated for extraction. (43) * Completion of the written informed consent form by parents/guardian.
Exclusion criteria
* Children with colds, asthma, and any other respiratory diseases. * Children who took NSAIDs or analgesic drugs in the last 8 hours before treatment.
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Change in anxiety scores | up to 1 week | Venham scale will be used. it ranges from 0 (relaxed) to 5 (Child out of contact with the relaity of threat) |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Change in anxiety scores (by children) | up to 1 week | Comprises a row of five faces ranging from very happy (score 1) to very unhappy (score 5) |
| Change in pain scores | up to 1 week | FLACC scale. It is an objectively pain assessment Scale .The scale quantifies pain by observing five distinct behavioral categories: face, legs, activity, cry, and consolability. Each category is assigned a score from 0 to 2, which are then summed to yield a total pain score ranging from 0 to 10. |
| Change in heart rate | During procedure | it will be used by pulse oximeter. |
Countries
Egypt
Contacts
CONTACTMayy Sharaf, BDS
Outcome results
None listed