Study to find out the usefulness of social story in dental treatment of childre

Not Applicable

Conditions: Health Condition 1: K029- Dental caries, unspecified

Registration Number: CTRI/2024/04/065116

Lead Sponsor: Dr Meenu Mittal

Brief Summary: Not available

Detailed Description: Not available

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status: ot Yet Recruiting

Sex: Not specified

Target Recruitment: 0

Inclusion Criteria

Medically fit children with ASA I according to the American Society of Anesthesiologists Classification

-Children without any prior experience with the dental environment or treatment procedures

-Need of restorative treatment in any one carious tooth without pulp involvement.

Exclusion Criteria

-Children with special needs/learning difficulties or mental retardation

-Conditions requiring emergency dental treatment (abscess, draining sinus, cellulitis)

-Need for pharmacological management to cooperate

-Children whose behavior could be rated as definitely positive (++) or definitely negative (--) according to Wright’s modification of the Frankl behavior rating scale

Study & Design

Study Type: Interventional

Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
-Baseline situational anxiety for children using Modified Child Dental Anxiety Scale- face version (MCDAS-f) and for parents using Modified Dental Anxiety Scale (MDAS) <br/ ><br> -Child’s behavior during examination using Frankl Behavior Rating Scale <br/ ><br>-Situational anxiety of the child using MCDAS-f scale after completion of treatment <br/ ><br>-Parent acceptance/perception of behavior by using a questionnaire after completion of treatmentTimepoint: Outcome will be assessed before starting the procedure, during the procedure and after the procedure at the same sitting. No follow-up is required

Secondary Outcome Measures