NCT07467395

Evaluation of Augmented Reality on Dental Pain and Anxiety During Primary Molars' Extraction

Evaluation of Augmented Reality on Dental Pain and Anxiety During Primary Molars' Extraction: Randomized Controlled Clinical Trial

• Status: Not Yet Recruiting
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 30 (estimated)
• Sponsor: Sara Hazem Mohamed Rabie · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 6 Years – 8 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

The aim of this study is to evaluate the impact of using virtual reality glasses compared to augmented reality glasses as distraction methods to reduce the dental anxiety and pain in children during extraction of primary molars.

Conditions

• Dental Anxiety

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
DEVICE	Augmented reality glasses	Augmented reality glasses will be introduced to the child and he will be allowed to choose his favourite cartoon movie from this list: Rapunzel, Stitch, Ratatouille, Frozen, Minions, Zootopia, and The lion king during the first dental visit to get familiar with the AR glasses. The augmented reality is an eye goggle that will be connected to the laptop through a wire, then after playing the cartoon that will be selected by the child on the laptop the child will enjoy watching the cartoon movie through the eye goggle.
DEVICE	VR glasses	Children allocated to this group will be managed by Virtual reality glasses, which will be introduced to the child and he will be allowed to choose his favourite cartoon from the same list during the first dental visit to get familiar with the VR glasses. The virtual reality is a head-mounted display, the child will be asked to select his favourite cartoon on a mobile, then the mobile will be inserted in that head-mounted display

Timeline

• Start date: 2026-04-01
• Primary completion: 2026-07-01
• Completion: 2026-07-01
• First posted: 2026-03-12
• Last updated: 2026-03-12