Assessment of a Ventriloquist Puppet for Reducing Dental Anxiety in Children
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- What is being studied
- The protocol lists: Ventriloquist Puppet Interaction.
- Who it may be relevant to
- Registry conditions: Dental Anxiety. Basic parameters: 5 years — 10 years · All.
- What needs checking
- Age, condition and sex are only basic indicators. Prior treatment, laboratory values and other mandatory requirements appear in the eligibility criteria below.
- Where it takes place
- Center list to be confirmed — check the primary protocol.
- Next step
- Save the trial, show it to the treating physician, and confirm current recruitment with the study center. Costs, documents and travel →
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Overview
thhe goal of this clinical trial is to assess the effect of ventriloquist puppets to reduce the strees accompined by the dental visit in cgilren . The main questions it aims to answer are: * Does the ventriloquist puppet can reduce the stress accompanied by the dental visit for the children ? * What medical problems do participants have when taking drug ABC? Researchers will compare ventriloquist puppet to a control group (conventional behavior management techniques ) to see if ventriloquist puppet can lower the anxiety or not.
Interventions
- Behavioral Ventriloquist Puppet Interaction
children allocated to the Ventriloquist Puppet group were introduced to a Ventriloquist Puppet inside the clinic and were allowed to play, talk, and interact with the puppet for 5-10 minutes.
Primary outcome measures
- Dental anxiety [Time frame: From immediately before to immediately after the dental procedure]
- Heart rate [Time frame: From immediately before to immediately after the dental procedure]
Eligibility criteria
Inclusion criteria
- healthy children with no systemic diseases.
- children require dental intervention
Exclusion criteria
- children with bad dental experience
- children require invasive surgical intervention
Criteria are shown verbatim from the registry (in English). Final eligibility is always assessed by the study center.
Healthy volunteers: Yes
Study design
- Allocation
- Randomized
- Model
- Parallel assignment
- Masking
- Open label
- Primary purpose
- Other
Study locations
Center list to be confirmed — check the primary protocol.
Identifiers
NCT: NCT07034833 · 1200/384