Dental Anxiety During Restorative Dental Treatment

Not Applicable

Completed

• Conditions: Hypnotherapy; Virtual Reality; Mindfulness
• Interventions: Other: mindfulness; Other: control group; Other: hypnotherapy; Device: virtual reality

• Registration Number: NCT06629870
• Lead Sponsor: Ataturk University

Brief Summary

Anxiety refers to behavioural disorders associated with excessive fear and anxiety. Dental anxiety refers to excessive fear and anxiety at the thought of going to the dentist. This may cause patients to avoid dental treatments and may adversely affect oral health.

This study aims to evaluate the effects of hypnotherapy, virtual reality distraction and mindfulness-based meditation practices on dental anxiety during restorative dental treatment.

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2023-02-26
• Primary Completion: 2024-02-29
• Study Completion: 2024-05-29
• Status Verified: 2024-10
• Study First Submitted: 2024-10-04
• Study First Submitted QC: 2024-10-04
• Last Update Submitted: 2024-10-04
• Study First Posted: 2024-10-07
• Last Update Posted: 2024-10-07

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 80

Inclusion Criteria

• A modified dental anxiety score of 20 and above
• A dental fear scale score of 59 and above
• D2 level caries according to radiographic caries classification system,
• Systemically healthy patients

Exclusion Criteria

• Balance disorders such as nystagmus and vertigo,
• Pregnant woman
• Claustrophobia
• Physical or mental disability
• Not knowing how to read and write
• Psychological disturbance
• Taking antidepressants or anxiolytics

Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: PARALLEL

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
mindfulness-based meditation	mindfulness	-
Control	control group	-
hypnotherapy	hypnotherapy	-
virtual reality	virtual reality	-

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Modified Dental Anxiety Scale	5 minutes before procedure and 5 minutes after procedure	The Modified Dental Anxiety Scale (MDAS) consists of 5 questions each with a 5 category rating scale, ranging from 'not anxious' to 'extremely anxious'.

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Dental Fear Survey	5 minutes before procedure and 5 minutes after procedure	The items in this questionnaire refer to various situations, feelings, and reactions related to dental work
The Visual Analogue Scale	5 minutes after procedure	The VAS consists of a 10cm line, with two end points representing 0 ('no pain') and 10 ('pain as bad as it could possibly be'). Ask the patient to rate their current level of pain by placing a mark on the line.

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Ataturk University Faculty of Dentistry; 🇹🇷 Erzurum, Yakutiye, Turkey