Colors, Can They Reduce the Dental Anxiety

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Recruiting

• Conditions: Anxiety; Anxiety State; Tooth Extraction Status Nos
• Interventions: Other: Green color exposure; Other: Blue color exposure; Other: control; Other: Red color exposure

• Registration Number: NCT06452836
• Lead Sponsor: Selcuk University

Brief Summary

The investigator's aim in this study was to evaluate the preoperative anxiety and pain felt during the operation due to exposure to green, red, and blue light. For this purpose, the participants will wear colored glasses before the operation. The investigator will evaluate the patient's anxiety change and the pain she/he feels during the procedure.

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2024-02-01
• Study First Submitted: 2024-06-05
• Study First Submitted QC: 2024-06-10
• Study First Posted: 2024-06-11
• Status Verified: 2025-05
• Last Update Submitted: 2025-05-12
• Last Update Posted: 2025-05-13
• Primary Completion: 2025-07-01
• Study Completion: 2025-08-01

Recruitment & Eligibility

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

Inclusion Criteria

• ASA 1 and ASA 2 patient population
• not having had a third molar surgery before
• volunteer to participate in the study

Exclusion Criteria

• dental phobia
• patients who will be treated under general anesthesia
• refusing the measurements
• not filling out the VAS
• encountering complications during surgery
• operations lasting more than 45 minutes

Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: PARALLEL

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
Green Colored Glasses Group	Green color exposure	-
Blue Colored Glasses Group	Blue color exposure	-
Translucent Glasses Group	control	-
Red Colored Glasses Group	Red color exposure	-

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Change in the Anxiety Score	1 minute after the participant sits the dental unit and 10 minutes after	Patients fill out the Dental Anxiety Scale(Visual Analogue Scale) when they sit in the dental unit. Ten minutes after the glasses are worn, patients fill out the anxiety scale again. Changes in the scores are the primary outcome of the study. The scale range is 0-10. A lower score means better results.

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Change in the salivary cortisol level	1 minute after the participant sits the dental unit and 10 minutes after	Measuring the salivary cortisol level one minute after the patient sits in the dental unit and after ten minutes. Changes in the levels are the secondary outcome of the study.
Change in the oxygen saturation	1 minute after the participant sits the dental unit and 10 minutes after	Saturation measurement is done from the fingertip using a pulse oximeter one minute after the patient sits in the dental unit and after ten minutes. Changes in the scores are the secondary outcome of the study. The average value is above %90.
Change in the pulsation	1 minute after the participant sits the dental unit and 10 minutes after	Pulsation was measured from the fingertip by a pulse oximeter one minute after the patient sat in the dental unit and after ten minutes. Changes in the scores are the secondary outcome of the study. The average value is between 65 and 75.
Intraoperative Pain Score	1 minutes after the surgery	Measuring the pain felt by the patient after the operation with the help of the visual analog scale. The range of Scala is 0-10. A lower score means better results.
Change in the salivary alfa-amilase level	1 minute after the participant sits the dental unit and 10 minutes after	Measuring the salivary alfa-amylase level one minute after the patient sits in the dental unit and after ten minutes. Changes in the levels are the secondary outcome of the study.

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Selcuk University, Faculty of Dentistry; 🇹🇷 Konya, Selçuklu, Turkey