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Effect of Virtual Reality Distraction on Perceived Pain During Dental Hygiene in Children With Mild Intellectual Disability

Effect of Virtual Reality Distraction on Perceived Pain During Dental Hygiene in Children With Mild Intellectual Disability: A Randomized Controlled Trial

Status
Not yet recruiting
Phases
Unknown
Study type
Interventional
Source
ClinicalTrials.gov
Registry ID
NCT07503262
Enrollment
102
Registered
2026-03-31
Start date
2026-04-20
Completion date
2026-05-10
Last updated
2026-04-07

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Conditions

Mild Intellectual Disability

Brief summary

The objective of this study was to evaluate whether the use of a virtual reality (VR) distractor reduces perceived pain during professional oral hygiene sessions in children with mild ID.

Interventions

DEVICEVirtual reality based distraction

Dental polishing performed in individuals with VR device.

DEVICENo distractor

Dental treatment performed in inviduals without distractor device

Sponsors

Oasi Research Institute-IRCCS
Lead SponsorOTHER

Study design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Intervention model
PARALLEL
Primary purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE

Eligibility

Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
5 Years to 7 Years
Healthy volunteers
No

Inclusion criteria

* Moderate dental anxiety * Mild intellectual disability * Age between 5 and 7 years

Exclusion criteria

\- Severe/low dental anxiety

Design outcomes

Primary

MeasureTime frameDescription
Pain perception25 minutes of dental hygiene treatmentPain perception measured using the FLACC scale

Countries

Italy

Contacts

CONTACTAntonio Fallea
afallea@oasi.en.it3381113255

Outcome results

None listed

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Data processed: Apr 8, 2026