Efficacy of Hypnotherapy in Children With Dental Anxiety

Ataturk University

Status: Completed

Conditions: Dental Anxiety

Treatments: Behavioral: Hypnotherapy

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT04234737

352684

Details and patient eligibility

About

Dental anxiety is a common problem among the children. The aim of this study is to evaluate the efficacy of hypnotherapy in children with dental anxiety. The participants will be randomized in a 1:1 ratio to hypnotherapy or control group. The outcome measures will be Modified Children Dental Anxiety Scale-faces version(MCDAS(f)) and Visual Analogue Scale(VAS).

Enrollment: 60 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 8 to 12 years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• initial MCDAS(f) total score > 19
• ICDAS II (international caries detection and assessment score)= 5 for at least one tooth

Exclusion criteria

• presence of dental pain complaint
• non-obtaining the informed consent form

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Triple Blind

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60 participants in 2 patient groups

Hypnotherapy

Experimental group

Treatment:

Behavioral: Hypnotherapy

Control

No Intervention group