The aim of the study is to evaluate and compare the effect of virtual reality glasses (VR) to conventional behavior management techniques as a distraction method on child's dental anxiety during dental treatment
The study to be conducted will be a randomized controlled clinical trial .The sample will consist of forty children presented to the Department of Pediatric Dentistry and Dental Public Health, 20 preschoolers of age ranging from 4-5 years old and 20 schoolers of age ranging from 6-8 years old. The eligible participants will be randomly divided into a study group where virtual reality glasses distraction will be used for child behavior management and a control group where conventional behavior management techniques (tell-show-do, distraction, and positive reinforcement) will be used.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
OTHER
Masking
NONE
Enrollment
40
All the dental procedures that will be done will be explained to the child using tell-show-do technique. VR glasses will be introduced to the child using tell-show-do technique and he will be given a choice of cartoon episodes to select from according to his own interest and age appropriate to view during the dental treatment. The child will be given five minutes to get familiar with the VR glasses before starting the dental treatment.
Conventional behavior management techniques will be done to relieve the child's dental anxiety during the dental treatment such as : tell-show-do technique, distraction, and positive reinforcement, according to the child's behavior.
Faculty of Dentistry, Alexandria University
Alexandria, Egypt
Preoperative Venham clinical anxiety rating scale
This scale consists of 6 categories (range from 0 to 5) where 0= relaxed, 1=uneasy, 2= tense, 3= reluctant, 4= interference, 5= out of contact
Time frame: Baseline; at the beginning of the visit
Postoperative Venham clinical anxiety rating scale
This scale consists of 6 categories (range from 0 to 5) where 0= relaxed, 1=uneasy, 2= tense, 3= reluctant, 4= interference, 5= out of contact
Time frame: post dental treatment; after 2 hours
Preoperative evaluation of salivary cortisol level
Each child will be asked to pool saliva in his/her mouth for 5 minutes and then passively drool it in the receiving vessel. The whole unstimulated salivary samples obtained will be centrifuged and 2 ml of each sample will be stored at -20º until being processed. The salivary samples will be analyzed for salivary cortisol using solid phase enzyme linked immunosorbent assay using DRG salivary cortisol ELISA kit.
Time frame: Baseline; at the beginning of the visit
Postoperative evaluation of salivary cortisol level
Each child will be asked to pool saliva in his/her mouth for 5 minutes and then passively drool it in the receiving vessel. The whole unstimulated salivary samples obtained will be centrifuged and 2 ml of each sample will be stored at -20º until being processed. The salivary samples will be analyzed for salivary cortisol using solid phase enzyme linked immunosorbent assay using DRG salivary cortisol ELISA kit.
Time frame: post dental treatment; after 2 hours
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