Evaluating the Effects of Psychological Stress on Salivary Biomarkers in Pediatric Patients Visiting Pediatric and General Dental Clinic

Al-Mustansiriyah University

Status: Not yet enrolling

Conditions: Salivary Cortisol; Salivary Alpha Amylase

Treatments: Behavioral: to compare the effect of environment and attitude of dentist in children visiting specialized pediatric dental clinic and general dental clinic .

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT06917976

AL- Mustansiriyah University

Details and patient eligibility

About

the goal of this study is to test the effect of psychological stress on pediatric patients visiting specialized and general dental clinic by measure salivary cortisol and salivary alpha amylase and by use children fear survey schedule -dental subscale .

80 male subjects will be enrolled in this study between 4-6 years old with first dental visit ,40 subjects visiting specialized pediatric dental clinic to see the effect of specific environment and attitude of dentist on child stress ,and 40 subjects visiting general dental clinic with normal environment and general dentist .

the method of study is by taking two saliva sample from child , first when he will enter the clinic at reception and second after half hour when he will diagnosed without any type of treatment.

Enrollment: 80 estimated patients

Sex: Male

Ages: 4 to 6 years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• male
• 4-6 years old
• first dental visit
• patients with no systemic disease

Exclusion criteria

• medically compressed patient
• patients with systemic disease