Dental Game Impact on Kids' Pulpotomy Pain and Anxiety (Electronic)

Mansoura University

Status: Invitation-only

Conditions: Pulpotomies Primary Teeth; Anxiety; Pain

Treatments: Other: tell show do; Other: dental simulation game

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT07072559

A02012024PP

Details and patient eligibility

About

The aim of this study is to evaluate the effect of a dental simulation game on reducing pain and anxiety during primary teeth pulpotomy.

Enrollment: 44 estimated patients

Sex: All

Ages: 4 to 7 years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• 1- Children aged between 4 to 7 years of both sexes. 2- Children with behavior rating score 2 and 3 according to Frankl's behavior rating scale.

  3- Children with carious lesions indicated for pulpotomy. 4- Restorable primary lower molars.

Exclusion criteria

• 1- Children with special health care needs. 2- Children suffering from systemic diseases.

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Double Blind

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44 participants in 2 patient groups

Dental simulation game

Experimental group

Description:

22 children For the experimental group (group 2) dental simulation game, use the dental simulation game as educational game about procedure this game includes multiple dental procedures like filling cavities, performing root canal treatments, extracting decayed teeth, and conducting orthodontic procedures for animalsAt the first visit children will play on any procedure in dental simulation game, after that the child will be shown two animals, after which they virtually do a root canal procedure. Tasks include performing a dental X-ray, anesthetizing the tooth using a syringe, drilling decayed cavity and start pulp treatment, rinsing, pulp treatment and filling the tooth, applying light cure and finally polishing the teeth . The second visit for pulpotomy procedure will be scheduled two days after first visit. Children will be managed using the TSD (Tell-Show-Do) technique

Treatment:

Other: dental simulation game

Tell show do

Other group

Description:

22 children For the control group (group 1) TSD (Tell-Show-Do) technique group, children will be managed with a verbal explanation and a friendly, non-threatening demonstration of the upcoming dental treatment. The "do" phase involved carrying out the dental procedure as per the prior explanation and demonstration.

Treatment:

Other: tell show do