Preparation Protocol for the First Pediatric Dental Visit (PREP)

University of Bologna

Status: Completed

Conditions: Behavior, Child; Dentist-Patient Relations

Treatments: Behavioral: Information Booklet

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT05608720

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Details and patient eligibility

About

To date, not enough attention has been paid to the role of communication before the first dental visit to encourage the child's cooperation and avoid dysfunctional behaviors. The dentist can provide parents with the information they need to adequately prepare the child for treatment. The present study aims to investigate the effectiveness of an infor-mation booklet to promote pediatric patients' cooperation during the first dental visit

Full description

The aim of the study was to test an Information Booklet preparing the child to the first dental vis-it. Forty-five children and one parent per included child took part in the trial. Children were ran-domized in two groups: the Information Booklet was e-mailed to the parents of the study group. At the end of the visit, the dentist and the parent evaluated the child's behavior through the Frankl Behavior Rating Scale (FBRS) and the utility of the Booklet through a Likert scale. The children evaluated the pleasantness of the visit and the perceived pain through the Wong-Baker FACES® Pain Rating Scale (WBFPRS).

Enrollment: 48 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 4 to 12 years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• child requiring a first dental visit

Exclusion criteria

• previous dental visits, intellectual disability, mother tongue other than Italian, una-vailable e-mail address

Trial design

Primary purpose: Supportive Care

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Double Blind

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48 participants in 2 patient groups

study group

Experimental group

Description:

Information Booklet prior to the dental visit

Treatment:

Behavioral: Information Booklet

control group

No Intervention group

Description:

no information prior to the dental visit