NCT01658059

Reducing Children's Anxiety Using Homeopathic Remedy Before Dental Treatment

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 22 (actual)
• Sponsor: Hadassah Medical Organization · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 5 Years – 12 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Accepted

Summary

Pharmacological interventions to aid behavior management's techniques are commonly used in pediatric dentistry. The aim of the medicaments is to control behavior and allow safe completion of a dental procedure. Homeopathic remedy is safe and can be effective to control behavior and decrease anxiety in children during dental treatment. Aim: 1. To explore the efficacy of homeopathic drugs in decreasing children's dental anxiety before dental treatment. 2\. To assess the effectiveness of homeopathic remedy in facilitating dental treatment for anxious children. Methods: prospective, double-blind study. Thirty healthy children (5-12 years-old) will receive homeopathic remedy\\placebo before dental treatment. Anxiety reduction will be measured using: saliva cortisol levels, saliva α-amylase levels, facial image scale (FIS), and Houpt behavior scale. Expected results: the homeopathic remedy will reduce anxiety and increase child cooperation during dental treatment.

Conditions

• Children's Dental Anxiety

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
OTHER	Homeopathic remedy	drops of the homeopathic remedy will be taken twice a day before the treatment and once on the morning of the treatment day.
OTHER	Placebo	drops of the placebo will be taken twice a day before the treatment and once on the morning of the treatment day.

Timeline

• Start date: 2012-09-01
• Primary completion: 2014-12-01
• Completion: 2015-12-01
• First posted: 2012-08-06
• Last updated: 2019-03-20
• Results posted: 2019-03-11

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Israel