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UnknownNCT02578160

Efficacy of Tell-Show-Do Behavior-Management Technique During Local Anesthesia in Preschool Children

Efficacy of Tell-Show-Do Behavior-Management Technique in Anxiety, Pain and Behavior Levels During an Inferior Alveolar and Lingual Nerve Block Procedure in Preschool Children: A Randomized Clinical Trial

Status
Unknown
Phase
N/A
Study type
Interventional
Enrollment
52 (actual)
Sponsor
Evelyn Alvarez Vidigal · Academic / Other
Sex
All
Age
36 Months – 71 Months
Healthy volunteers
Not accepted

Summary

This will be a randomized, controlled, parallel-group clinical trial. The aim of this study will be to evaluate the effectiveness of "Tell-Show-Do" Behavior Management Technique versus a Conventional technique (covering the patient's vision) during an inferior alveolar and lingual nerve block in preschool children referred for treatment at the School of Dentistry, University of Sao Paulo, Brazil. The sample will consist of 52 children from 3 years old to 5 years 11 months old who need dental pulp treatment and / or tooth extraction of primary molars. Preschool children with no history of allergies to Lidocaine anesthetic or systemic/neurological diseases and who did not take local anesthesia before the study will be include in this research.

Detailed description

Children will be randomly allocated to treatment groups (n = 26 for each group) according to the technique: (1) Tell-Show-Do and (2) Conventional. Anxiety and pain will be evaluated by the scale of Facial Image (EIF) and Wong-Baker Pain Scale, respectively. The cooperation of the patient will be evaluated by behavioral scale Frankl.

Conditions

Interventions

TypeNameDescription
PROCEDUREinferior alveolar and lingual nerve block procedureinferior alveolar and lingual nerve block

Timeline

Start date
2015-11-01
Primary completion
2016-10-01
Completion
2016-11-01
First posted
2015-10-16
Last updated
2016-10-25

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Brazil

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov record NCT02578160. Inclusion in this directory is not an endorsement.