Pain and Placebo Analgesia. Does Extended Information About Dental Procedures Reduce Pain Induced by Dental Treatment?

Norwegian University of Science and Technology

Status: Completed

Conditions: Odontophobia; Anxiety

Treatments: Other: anesthetics and extended information before dental treatment; Other: anesthetics and standard information before dental treatment

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT02160028

2014/2615/SGK

Details and patient eligibility

About

Information about the effectiveness of treatment has been found to reduce pain, termed placebo analgesia. In this study it will be investigated whether this finding translates to the dental clinic. It will be investigated whether information that suggested that minimal pain will be experienced during filling therapy, can reduce the pain associated with that procedure compared to a group that receives standard information. All patients will receive the same amount of anesthesia and similar procedures during filling therapy. It is predicted that extended information should reduce pain, and that the reduction in pain should be associated with a reduction in stress.

Enrollment: 52 patients

Sex: All

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Patients to be treated for dental caries
• Patients should be able to read and communicate in Norwegian

Exclusion criteria

• Patients with life threatening diseases
• Patients taking pain killers for other reasons on the day of treatment

Trial design

Primary purpose: Prevention

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Double Blind

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52 participants in 2 patient groups

Standard information

Active Comparator group

Description:

This group is given anesthetics and standard information before dental treatment about the anesthetics.

Treatment:

Other: anesthetics and standard information before dental treatment

Extended information

Experimental group

Description:

This group is given anesthetics and extended information before dental treatment about the anesthetics.

Treatment:

Other: anesthetics and extended information before dental treatment