NCT06912789

Technological Contributions to Behavior Guidance Techniques

Are Technological Contributions in Behavior Guidance Techniques Superior to Conventional Methods? : Effects on Dental Anxiety and Pain Perception in Pulpotomy Treatment

• Status: Completed
• Phase: —
• Study type: Observational
• Enrollment: 63 (actual)
• Sponsor: Recep Tayyip Erdogan University Training and Research Hospital · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 6 Years – 8 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Accepted

Summary

This study aims to evaluate the effects of three different behavior guidance methods on children's dental anxiety and pain perception.

Detailed description

This study will include 63 children aged 6-8 years who will require pulpotomy followed by a Class II composite restoration and will be divided into three groups: tell-show-do (TSD; Group 1), TSD with video modeling (Group 2), and TSD with a mobile phone application (Group 3). Systolic blood pressure (SBP), diastolic blood pressure (DBP), heart rate (HR), and hemoglobin oxygen saturation (SPO2) of the participants will be recorded before the procedure, after local anesthesia, after pulpotomy, and at the end of the procedure. Faces Version of the Modified Child Dental Anxiety Scale (MCDAS f), Wong-Baker Faces Pain Rating Scale (WBFPRS), and Face, Legs, Activity, Cry, Consolability (FLACC) pain scales will be applied.

Conditions

• Behavior
• Child
• Dental Anxiety
• Mobile Applications
• Pain

Timeline

• Start date: 2024-01-03
• Primary completion: 2025-01-03
• Completion: 2025-01-10
• First posted: 2025-04-06
• Last updated: 2025-04-06

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Turkey (Türkiye)