The Efficacy of Sweet Orange Oil Inhalation in Management of Dental Anxiety and Pain

Cairo University (CU)

Status: Not yet enrolling

Conditions: Aromatherapy

Treatments: Other: sweet orange oil inhalation

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT06063512

aromatherapy in dentistry

Details and patient eligibility

About

Aim of the study To evaluate the effectiveness of sweet orange oil inhalation in reducing dental anxiety and pain in children undergoing local anaesthetic administration.

Full description

Research Question:

Can sweet orange oil help to overcome dental anxiety and pain in children undergoing local anaesthetic administration?

PICO approach:

• P: Children 8 to 12 years old need dental treatment under local anesthesia.
• I: Sweet Orange oil inhalation.
• C: Without aromatherapy.
• O:

Primary Outcome Dental Anxiety Modified Child Dental Anxiety Scale - Faces version [MCDAS(f)-simplified] Pulse rate

Secondary Outcome

Pain Wong-Baker pain rating scale (WBS)

Enrollment: 64 estimated patients

Sex: All

Ages: 8 to 12 years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• • Children classified with rating 3 (positive) or 4 (definitely positive) according to Frankl behaviour rating scale.

  • Children aged 8-12 years.
  • Patients who need maxillary infiltration anaesthesia in the first dental visit.

Exclusion criteria

• Children with any neurological or psychological disorders.

  • Children with previous LA administration.
  • Presence of dental or medical emergency.
  • Presence of systemic disorders.
  • Chidren with common cold.
  • Children with known allergy to topical or local anesthetic agents.
  • Parental refusal for participation.

Trial design

Primary purpose: Supportive Care

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Double Blind

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64 participants in 2 patient groups

Group A (sweet orange oil group)

Experimental group

Description:

Aromatherapy with inhalers will be carried out in an open clinical setting. Three drops of sweet orange oil will be dispensed into a cotton wick of the inhaler, The children will be asked to inhale the aroma from the inhalers for 2 minutes followed by an induction period of 15 minutes.

Treatment:

Other: sweet orange oil inhalation

For Group B (Control Group)

No Intervention group

Description:

No aromatherapy inhalation