NCT07273968

Clinical Study Evaluating the Effect of Virtual Reality on Reducing Patients' Anxiety During Wisdom Teeth Extraction

Clinical Study Evaluating the Effect of Virtual Reality on Reducing Anxiety in Patients Undergoing Wisdom Teeth Extraction

• Status: Not Yet Recruiting
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 60 (estimated)
• Sponsor: University Hospital, Strasbourg, France · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years – 65 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

Dental anxiety is common during third molar extractions and may exacerbate pain perception. Local anesthesia does not prevent exposure to stress-inducing stimuli. Virtual reality (VR) combined with hypnotic scripts (HypnoVR®) provides immersive multisensory distraction. This study tests whether VR reduces perioperative anxiety and postoperative pain compared to local anesthesia alone.

Conditions

• Dental Anxiety
• Third Molar Extraction
• Oral Surgery

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
DEVICE	Virtual reality HypnoVR® (VR headset + hypnotic software)	CE-marked class I device combining VR immersion with hypnotic text and music therapy to reduce anxiety and pain during oral surgery.
OTHER	Control Group (No VR)	local anesthesia alone (no VR)

Timeline

• Start date: 2026-03-01
• Primary completion: 2027-09-01
• Completion: 2027-09-01
• First posted: 2025-12-10
• Last updated: 2025-12-10