Dentist-Patient Communication on Dental Anxiety Using the Social Media and Timing in Communication

Dental Anxiety Clinical Trial

Official title: Dentist-Patient Communication on Dental Anxiety Using the Social Media and Timing in Communication: A Double-blinded Randomized Controlled Trial

Status Completed

Clinical Trial Summary

Scales application one week before and one week after impacted tooth extraction.

Clinical Trial Description

The purpose of the present study was to assess the effects of dentist-patient communication via social media on dental anxiety, and second, to evaluate the appropriate timing of such communications.

Instagram's quick replies system was used to answer patients' questions to alleviate dental anxiety for patients undergoing impacted mandibular third-molar extraction under local anesthesia. Patients were assigned randomly into four groups according to timing of such communications: Communication before operation (n=36), Communication after operation (n=35), Communication before and after operation (n=36), and a control group who received no communication on social media (n=36). Dental anxiety was evaluated one week before and after the surgical operation using recognized assessment scales—the Spielberger's State-Trait Anxiety Inventory, Modified Dental Anxiety Scale and a visual analog scale. ;

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Anxiety Disorders
• Dental Anxiety
• Timing in Dentist-Patient Communication

• NCT number: NCT04453696
• Study type: Observational [Patient Registry]
• Source: Karadeniz Technical University
• Status: Completed
• Start date: May 4, 2018
• Completion date: May 10, 2020