Assessment of a Ventriloquist Puppet for Reducing Dental Anxiety in Children
ConditionDental Anxiety
Trial statusNot yet recruiting
Trial phaseNot applicable
Trial typeInterventional
Biological sexAll
Age5-10
SponsorAl-Azhar University
About this trial
thhe goal of this clinical trial is to assess the effect of ventriloquist puppets to reduce the strees accompined by the dental visit in cgilren . The main questions it aims to answer are:
* Does the ventriloquist puppet can reduce the stress accompanied by the dental visit for the children ? * What medical problems do participants have when taking drug ABC? Researchers will compare ventriloquist puppet to a control group (conventional behavior management techniques ) to see if ventriloquist puppet can lower the anxiety or not.
Eligibility criteria
This trial accepts healthy volunteersQualifiers
healthy children with no systemic diseases.
children require dental intervention
Disqualifiers
children with bad dental experience
children require invasive surgical intervention
Trial design
Design model
Parallel
Treatments tested in this trial
Ventriloquist Puppet Interaction
Behavioralchildren allocated to the Ventriloquist Puppet group were introduced to a Ventriloquist Puppet inside the clinic and were allowed to play, talk, and interact with the puppet for 5-10 minutes.
Treatment groups
50 Participants
are divided into 2 treatment groupsGroup A: control group: 25 child managed by basic behavior management tecniquesNo intervention 0 interventions
Group B: puppet therapy group: Children allocated to the Ventriloquist Puppet groupActive comparator 1 intervention
Trial outcomes
Primary outcomes
1
Dental anxiety
Change in Anxiety Score using MCDAS scale
Time frame
From immediately before to immediately after the dental procedure2
Heart rate
change in heart rate during the visit to investigate the anxiety effect using pulse oximeter
Time frame
From immediately before to immediately after the dental procedureLocations
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Source ClinicalTrials.gov
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