Smartphone Application in Reducing Dental Anxiety

Hams Hamed Abdelrahman

Status: Completed

Conditions: Dental Anxiety

Treatments: Behavioral: Tell-Show-Do; Behavioral: Tell-Play-Do

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT04719299

TPD

Details and patient eligibility

About

evaluating the effectiveness of smartphone applications (Tell-Play-Do) (TPD) in reduction of preoperative anxiety in children undergoing restorative treatment, as measured by heart rate and Venham's Picture Test.

Full description

A total of at least 78 patients aged from 6-8 years will be included. All participants will be divided equally into two groups. Study group TPD using smartphone application and Control group (Tell-Show-Do) (TSD) using traditional behavior management technique.

Dental anxiety using Venham's Picture Test and heart rate using pulse oximeter will be assessed during dental treatment

Enrollment: 78 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 6 to 8 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• School-age children aged from 6-8 years.
• Presence of carious primary molars without pulpal involvement.
• Parents have the ability to write, read and willingness to participate in the study.
• First dental visit to the clinic.
• Normal healthy children.

Exclusion criteria

• Children with previous dental experience.
• Medically compromised children.
• Children with special needs (physical or mental).

Trial design

Primary purpose: Other

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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78 participants in 2 patient groups

smart phone application

Experimental group

Description:

Behavior modification of patients will be done by showing them smartphone application game. The game demonstrates the use of common dental equipment like mirrors, ultrasonic scalers, handpieces and suction tips, etc. in the form of animated pictures with visual and sound effects. The dentist will play the game to show the child the dental procedure that will be performed on him later.

Treatment:

Behavioral: Tell-Play-Do

traditional behavior management technique

Active Comparator group

Description:

Using traditional behavior management techniques (Tell-Show-Do) which will be applied prior to local anesthesia administration

Treatment:

Behavioral: Tell-Show-Do