Clinical Trial Details
— Status: Not yet recruiting
Administrative data
| NCT number |
NCT06139640 |
| Other study ID # |
Aromatherapy on Dental Anxiety |
| Secondary ID |
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| Status |
Not yet recruiting |
| Phase |
N/A
|
| First received |
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| Last updated |
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| Start date |
October 2024 |
| Est. completion date |
December 2024 |
Study information
| Verified date |
November 2023 |
| Source |
Cairo University |
| Contact |
Moushtaha Sayed |
| Phone |
00201145932261 |
| Email |
moushtaha.himaida[@]dentistry.cu.edu.eg |
| Is FDA regulated |
No |
| Health authority |
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| Study type |
Interventional
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Clinical Trial Summary
This study aims to Evaluate and compare the role of Damask rose essential oils in reducing a
child's dental anxiety and pain undergoing local anesthesia administration
Description:
Dental anxiety is recognized as one of the major public health problems. It can lead to
avoidance of necessary dental care, which affects oral health negatively, especially in
children where dental care providers face a challenge to control dental anxiety to manage the
child in the dental visit. Overall prevalence of dental anxiety was 23.9% with less prevalent
in adolescents (13.3%), more prevalent in preschoolers (36.5%), and schoolchildren (25.8%).
Methods for managing anxiety in dentistry are both pharmacological and non-pharmacological.
Aromatherapy is one of the non-pharmacological methods, it is a Simple, inexpensive,
non-invasive method introduced by the use of aromatic essential oils through the sense of
smell to produce positive physiological effects, relaxation and relieve anxiety symptoms.
Aromatherapy can also decrease pain perception during local anesthetic injections in
children.
Rosa damascene is commonly known as Damask roses, a plant belonging to the Rosaceae family.
The flowers of this plant are large, showy and colorful. for its scent, it is also used in
the production of essential oil and rose water. The R. damascena plant has also been used for
medicinal applications it has analgesic, anti-inflammatory, anti-headache, and
muscle-relaxing effects, and due to its strong depressing effect on the central nervous
system it has hypnotic, anticonvulsant, antidepressant, and ant anxiety, effects.
The effect of rose oil in reducing pain has been conducted in children who are hospitalized
for surgery, measuring the effect on post-operative pain intensity. Also, the effect of rose
oil in the reduction of dental anxiety has already been studied but has been conducted on
adults orthodontic patients.
