Effectiveness of BrightHearts Biofeedback Relaxation and Virtual Reality Distraction During Inferior Alveolar Nerve Block Injection in Children

ConditionDental Anxiety

Trial statusRecruiting

Trial phaseNot applicable

Trial typeInterventional

Biological sexAll

Age7-12

SponsorOctober University for Modern Sciences and Arts

About this trial

The study is designed to compare the effectiveness of "BrightHearts" biofeedback relaxation tool versus Virtual Reality distraction and Verbal distraction as a distraction methods in reducing dental anxiety and improving behavior during the inferior alveolar nerve block procedure.

Eligibility criteria

Qualifiers

Children from 7 to 12 years

Children who have dental procedures that require an inferior alveolar nerve block injection.

Healthy Children.

Children who fall under Frankl's behavioral rating of 2 (negative) or 3 (positive)

Disqualifiers

Children with special health care needs

Children or parents who are unable or unwilling to cooperate with the study protocol or assessment

Trial design

Treatments tested in this trial

BrightHearts"biofeedback relaxation tool
Virtual Reality distraction
Verbal distraction technique

Treatment groups

39 Participants

are divided into 3 treatment groups

Sponsors and collaborators

October University for Modern Sciences and Arts

Lead sponsor

Source ClinicalTrials.gov