The Effect of pretreatment information communication on dental anxiety.
Not Applicable
Recruiting
- Conditions
- Mental and Behavioural DisordersOral Health
- Registration Number
- PACTR202108664752830
- Lead Sponsor
- Consortium for Advanced Research Training in Africa
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Recruiting
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 192
Inclusion Criteria
Individuals aged 18 and above
Individuals who have had a record of dental pain
Patients for routine scaling and polishing
Patients planned for endodontic treatment
Exclusion Criteria
Patients on medication that causes increase in alpha amylase including aspirin, diuretics, oral contraceptives, corticosteroids, indomethacin, ethyl alcohol.
Patients on adrenergic agonist and antagonists e.g anti-hypertensives, anti-asthmatics.
Chronic Alcoholics
Habitual smokers
Patient with Psychiatric disease
Patients who have had the prescribed treatment done previously
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method This shall be an increase or reduction in dental anxiety.
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method The effect of invasiveness of the procedure on dental anxiety;The effectiveness of Salivary alpha amylase biomarker as an objective assessment of dental anxiety