Aim of the study To evaluate the effectiveness of sweet orange oil inhalation in reducing dental anxiety and pain in children undergoing local anaesthetic administration.
Research Question: Can sweet orange oil help to overcome dental anxiety and pain in children undergoing local anaesthetic administration? PICO approach: * P: Children 8 to 12 years old need dental treatment under local anesthesia. * I: Sweet Orange oil inhalation. * C: Without aromatherapy. * O: Primary Outcome Dental Anxiety Modified Child Dental Anxiety Scale - Faces version \[MCDAS(f)-simplified\] Pulse rate Secondary Outcome Pain Wong-Baker pain rating scale (WBS)
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
SUPPORTIVE_CARE
Masking
DOUBLE
Enrollment
64
sweet orange oil with inhalers will be carried out in an open clinical setting. Three drops of sweet orange oil will be dispensed into a cotton wick of the inhaler, The children will be asked to inhale the aroma from the inhalers for 2 minutes followed by an induction period of 15 minutes
Anxiety
Pulse rate
Time frame: Through study completion , within 10 months
Anxiety
Modified child dental anxiety scale
Time frame: Through study completion , within 10 months
Dental pain
Wong Baker pain rating scale
Time frame: Through study completion , within 10 months
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