The Effect of Damask Rose Essential Oil and Lavender Oi Aromatherapy on Dental Anxiety and Pain on Children

Study Overview
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Brief Summary
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This study aims to Evaluate and compare the role of Damask rose essential oils and lavender oil in reducing a child's dental anxiety and pain undergoing local anesthesia administration

Detailed Description
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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. Lavender damascene is widely used in aromatherapy. The lavender smell is one of the common fragrances used as a sedative in aromatherapy. Lavandula angustifolia is the scientific term for lavender. Ingredients such as linalool act as a sedative by influencing gamma-aminobutyric acid receptors in the central nervous system, while linalyl acetate has a narcotic function. According to previous studies, Lavender aromatherapy can decrease dental anxiety and experienced pain in dental settings

Official Title
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The Effect of Damask Rose Essential Oil and Lavender Oil Aromatherapy on Dental Anxiety and Pain on Children Undergoing Local Anesthesia: A Randomized Clinical Trial

Conditions
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Dental Anxiety

Intervention / Treatment
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* Other: Damask Rose Essential Oil
* Other: Lavender Oil


Participation Criteria
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Eligibility Criteria
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Inclusion Criteria: Egyptian children from 7 to 12 years old require local anesthesia administration. Absence of any systemic problems, physical and mental disabilities. Children intellectually sufficient to complete the anxiety scale and those whose parents were willing to participate in the study. Frankel rating 3 in cooperation Exclusion Criteria: Presence of dental or medical emergency and systemic disorders. Special needs children. Children with any respiratory tract illnesses, common, cold or allergy.

Ages Eligible for Study
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Minimum Age: 6 Years
Maximum Age: 12 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: Other
Allocation: Randomized
Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment
Masking: Single


Arms and Interventions

| Participant Group/Arm | Intervention/Treatment |
| --- | --- |
| Active Comparator: The effects of rose oil on pain and anxiety level on pediatric dental patient<br>Rose oil aromatherapy | Other: Damask Rose Essential Oil<br>* Aromatherapy is a relaxation therapy media that uses aromatic essence extracts from plant parts. Aromatherapy is used to treat and improve physical and psychological health<br>|
| Active Comparator: The effects of lavender oil on pain and anxiety level on pediatric dental patient<br>Lavender oil aromatherapy | Other: Lavender Oil<br>* Aromatherapy is a relaxation therapy media that uses aromatic essence extracts from plant parts. Aromatherapy is used to treat and improve physical and psychological health<br>|

What is the study measuring?
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Primary Outcome Measures

| Outcome Measure | Measure Description | Time Frame |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Pulse rate | will be recorded by an Automated blood pressure device | immediately after the intervention | 

Secondary Outcome Measures

| Outcome Measure | Measure Description | Time Frame |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Level of anxiety | will be recorded by Dental Anxiety Scale - Faces version [16] Modified Child Dental Anxiety Scale simplified Scores (1-5) higher scores mean worse outcome | immediately after the intervention | 
| Blood pressure (systolic and diastolic blood pressure) | will be recorded by an Automated blood pressure device | immediately after the intervention | 
| Pain rating scale | will be recorded by Faces, legs, activity, cry, and controllability scale (FLACC) Score(0-10) higher scores mean worse outcome | immediately after the intervention | 

 Terms related to the study
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Keywords Provided by Centre Hospitalier Valida
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Aromatherapy