Dental Anxiety During Restorative Dental Treatment (DADRDT)

Ataturk University

Status: Completed

Conditions: Mindfulness; Virtual Reality; Hypnotherapy

Treatments: Other: mindfulness; Other: control group; Device: virtual reality; Other: hypnotherapy

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT06629870

ATAUNIRESTORATIVE1

Details and patient eligibility

About

Anxiety refers to behavioural disorders associated with excessive fear and anxiety. Dental anxiety refers to excessive fear and anxiety at the thought of going to the dentist. This may cause patients to avoid dental treatments and may adversely affect oral health.

This study aims to evaluate the effects of hypnotherapy, virtual reality distraction and mindfulness-based meditation practices on dental anxiety during restorative dental treatment.

Enrollment: 80 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18 to 65 years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• A modified dental anxiety score of 20 and above
• A dental fear scale score of 59 and above
• D2 level caries according to radiographic caries classification system,
• Systemically healthy patients

Exclusion criteria

• Balance disorders such as nystagmus and vertigo,
• Pregnant woman
• Claustrophobia
• Physical or mental disability
• Not knowing how to read and write
• Psychological disturbance
• Taking antidepressants or anxiolytics

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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80 participants in 4 patient groups, including a placebo group

Control

Placebo Comparator group

Treatment:

Other: control group

hypnotherapy

Active Comparator group

Treatment:

Other: hypnotherapy

virtual reality

Active Comparator group

Treatment:

Device: virtual reality

mindfulness-based meditation

Active Comparator group

Treatment:

Other: mindfulness