NCT06513260

Effect of Virtual Reality Distraction on Anxiety Control During Impacted Molar Tooth Surgery

Evaluation of the Effect of Virtual Reality Distraction on Controlling Dental Anxiety During the Surgical Extraction of Impacted Lower Third Molar Teeth

• Status: Completed
• Phase: —
• Study type: Observational
• Enrollment: 50 (actual)
• Sponsor: Kutahya Health Sciences University · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Accepted

Summary

The goal of this clinical trial is to investigate the effectiveness of virtual reality distraction therapy using virtual reality glasses in reducing dental anxiety during the surgical extraction of impacted lower third molar teeth.The main questions it aims to answer are: * Is the use of the virtual reality distraction during the procedure effective on perceived pain and anxiety? * Evaluation of the effectiveness of the virtual reality distraction based on initial anxiety test scores. * Does the use of the virtual reality headset cause difficulties for the clinician in performing the procedure? Patients will undergo anxiety tests before surgery. Pre-operative vital signs will be recorded. The procedure will be performed either with or without virtual reality glasses, according to the randomly assigned groups. Post-operative vital signs will be recorded. At the end of the procedure, all patients will undergo anxiety tests and verbal rating scales.

Conditions

• Dental Anxiety
• Impact Molar
• Virtual Reality

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
PROCEDURE	Surgical extraction of impacted lower third molars.	Surgical extraction of impacted mandibular third molars in the mesioangular position, according to the Tetsch and Wagner classification

Timeline

• Start date: 2025-01-01
• Primary completion: 2025-08-01
• Completion: 2025-08-01
• First posted: 2024-07-22
• Last updated: 2025-09-11

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Turkey (Türkiye)