Oral Health
Conditions
Interventions
verbal and audiovisual information
Sponsors
Obafemi Awolowo University Teaching Hospital Complex
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
All
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: 1. Participants aged between 18 years and 35 years. 2. Participants who have never had a tooth extraction. 3. Participants with impacted mandibular third molar confirmed by periapical radiograph and indicated for surgical extraction. 4. Participants who can understand and comprehend both written and verbal information about third molar extraction procedure. 5. Participants with complete maxillary and mandibular incisors to enable measurement of maximal inter-incisal distance 6. Participants who give consent to take part in the study.
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: 1. Participants with uncontrolled medical or systemic disease contraindicating surgical extraction under local anesthesia e.g. compromised cardiac function, hematological abnormalities, metabolic disorders, central nervous system disorder, impaired renal or hepatic function or depressed respiratory functions 2. Participants with chronic health conditions that affect blood pressure, pulse rate and heart rate such as sleep disorders. 3. Participants taking anxiolytic medications or receiving anxiety reduction therapy. 4. Participants with stress and anxiety disorders such as post-traumatic stress disorders assessed using trauma screening questionnaire. 5. Participants with peptic ulcer disease.
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Pain Swelling Trismus | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| STAI-S MDAS | — |
Countries
Nigeria
Contacts
Public ContactAyodele Akomolafe
Senior Registrar
Outcome results
None listed