Aromatherapy With Lavender Essential Oil as a Complementary Treatment for the Control of Dental Anxiety

Study Overview
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Brief Summary
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Dental anxiety is a common problem in dental care, the aim of this protocol is to evaluate the effect of lavender for the control of anxiety during a surgical dental extraction.

Official Title
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Aromatherapy With Lavender Essential Oil as a Complementary Treatment for the Control of Dental Anxiety in Patients Requiring Third Molar Surgery of the University Autonomus Benito Juarez of Oaxaca UABJO School of Dentistry

Conditions
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Dental Anxiety

Intervention / Treatment
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* Other: Lavender aromatherapy
* Other: Sham aromatherapy


Participation Criteria
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Eligibility Criteria
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Inclusion Criteria: Volunteer to take part in the study Healthy patients Patients signing the informed consent Patients who need surgical removal of third molars Exclusion Criteria: Hypertensive patients Patients with nasal congestion problems Patients allergic to lavender. Patients under treatment with anti depressants

Ages Eligible for Study
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Minimum Age: 18 Years
Maximum Age: 40 Years

Sexes Eligible for Study
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All

Accepts Healthy Volunteers
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Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Study Plan
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How is the study designed?
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Design Details

Primary Purpose: Treatment
Allocation: Randomized
Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment
Masking: Triple


Arms and Interventions

| Participant Group/Arm | Intervention/Treatment |
| --- | --- |
| Experimental: Aromatherapy<br>0.10 ml of lavender essential oil 30 minutes prior surgery | Other: Lavender aromatherapy<br>* 0.10 ml of lavender essential oil<br>|
| Sham Comparator: Sham Aromatherapy<br>0.10 ml mineral oil 30 minutes prior surgery | Other: Sham aromatherapy<br>* 0.10 ml of mineral oil<br>|

What is the study measuring?
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Primary Outcome Measures

| Outcome Measure | Measure Description | Time Frame |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Corah | Corah's Dental Anxiety Scale (1-25). Non anxiety (0-8), moderate (9-12), high (13-14), severe (over 15) | 45 minutes before dental treatment | 
| Cortisol | Salivary Cortisol Testing (ng/mL) | 5 minutes Before aromatherapy | 
| Cortisol | Salivary Cortisol Testing (ng/mL) | 30 minutes after aromatherapy | 

Secondary Outcome Measures

| Outcome Measure | Measure Description | Time Frame |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Heart rate | The speed of the heartbeat measured by the number of contractions of the heart per minute | 5 minutes Before aromatherapy | 
| Heart rate | The speed of the heartbeat measured by the number of contractions of the heart per minute | 30 minutes after aromatherapy | 
| Respiratory rate | The number of breaths per minute. | 5 minutes Before aromatherapy | 
| Respiratory rate | The number of breaths per minute. | 30 minutes after aromatherapy | 
| Arterial pressure | The pressure of circulating blood on the walls of blood vessels. (mm/Hg) sphingomanometer OMRON model HEM-7114 | 5 minutes Before aromatherapy | 
| Arterial pressure | The pressure of circulating blood on the walls of blood vessels. (mm/Hg) sphingomanometer OMRON model HEM-7114 | 30 minutes after aromatherapy | 

 Terms related to the study
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Keywords Provided by Centre Hospitalier Valida
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aromatherapy, lavender, anxiety