Inhaled Lavender Oil, Rosemary Oil, and Their Combination in Reducing Dental Anxiety and Pain in Pediatric Dental Patients

Alexandria University

Status: Not yet enrolling

Conditions: Dental Anxiety

Treatments: Other: Combination of both lavender and rosemary; Other: No essential oils; Other: Lavender group; Other: Rosemary group

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT07352397

1188-11/2025

Details and patient eligibility

About

Background: Dental anxiety and pain are common concerns in pediatric dentistry. These issues can lead to negative experiences for children and can make it difficult for them to cooperate during treatment. While medications can help manage these symptoms, it can also have side effects. This highlights the need for safe and effective complementary treatments. Aromatherapy, particularly with lavender and rosemary oils, has demonstrated anxiolytic and analgesic properties in different fields. However, their effect in helping children cope with dental anxiety and pain during procedures requiring local anesthesia has not yet been thoroughly studied.

Purpose: This study aims to investigate the efficacy of inhaled lavender oil, rosemary oil, and their combination in reducing dental anxiety and pain in children receiving local anesthesia for extraction of lower primary molar

Enrollment: 80 estimated patients

Sex: All

Ages: 6 to 9 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Frankl behavioural rating score 2 or 3 during preoperative assessment.
• Healthy children ASAI.
• Children without a previous dental history.
• Children presenting with at least one mandibular molar indicated for extraction. (43)
• Completion of the written informed consent form by parents/guardian.

Exclusion criteria

• Children with colds, asthma, and any other respiratory diseases.
• Children who took NSAIDs or analgesic drugs in the last 8 hours before treatment.

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Double Blind

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80 participants in 4 patient groups

Group I

Experimental group

Treatment:

Other: Lavender group

Group II

Experimental group

Treatment:

Other: Rosemary group

Group III

Experimental group

Treatment:

Other: Combination of both lavender and rosemary

Group IV

Active Comparator group

Treatment:

Other: No essential oils