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Evaluation of Traditional Behavior Management and AI-Assisted Child-Friendly Communication on Dental Anxiety During Pediatric Dental Anesthesia
Led by Çanakkale Onsekiz Mart University · Updated on 2025-12-24
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What this Trial Is About
Researchers are evaluating how traditional behavior management techniques compare to AI-assisted child-friendly communication in reducing dental anxiety, physiological stress, and pain perception during local anesthesia in healthy children aged 6 to 12 years. The study focuses on children undergoing dental procedures requiring inferior alveolar nerve block anesthesia and aims to improve pediatric dental treatment comfort and outcomes by integrating AI tools. Participants will be randomly assigned to either a control group using traditional techniques like Tell-Show-Do, voice control, and positive reinforcement, or an experimental group using AI-generated voice explanations and calming stories tailored to the child's age, gender, and developmental stage. The traditional procedure and AI-assisted communication both occur during a local anesthesia process not exceeding 5 minutes. Children's heart rate and oxygen levels will be measured before, during, and after anesthesia using a pulse oximeter. Anxiety will be assessed with various scales including the Venham Picture Test and Facial Image Scale, while pain perception will be measured using the Wong-Baker FACES Pain Rating Scale. Behaviors during anesthesia and cooperation levels will also be recorded. Both children and parents will complete questionnaires after treatment to evaluate attitudes toward AI communication. The total study participation includes these assessments and monitoring during the procedure.
CONDITIONS
Brief Title
Effect of AI-Supported Child-Friendly Communication on Dental Anxiety in Pediatric Patients
Who Can Participate
Eligibility Criteria
You may qualify if you...
- Children aged 6 to 12 years in the mixed dentition period
- Systemically healthy children
- Children requiring restorative dental procedures on mandibular teeth under inferior alveolar nerve block anesthesia
- Children attending their first dental visit
- Children with behavior rated as 2 (negative) or 3 (positive) on the Frankl Behavior Rating Scale
- Children receiving local anesthesia for the first time
- Informed consent signed by children volunteers and their parents or legal guardians
You will not qualify if you...
- Children or parents/legal guardians who decline to participate after reading the informed consent form
- Children with systemic diseases requiring continuous medication
- Children with mental or cognitive impairments
- Children with visual or hearing disabilities
- Children exhibiting definitely negative (Frankl 1) or definitely positive (Frankl 4) behavior after oral prophylaxis at the first visit
- Children with previous experience of local anesthesia
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Your Study Journey
Duration - 2 to 4 weeks
Participants are screened for eligibility to participate in the trial.
1 visit (in-person)
Duration - Procedure duration not exceeding 5 minutes
Participants receive either traditional behavior management techniques or AI-assisted child-friendly communication before and during local anesthesia administration to manage dental anxiety and improve cooperation during pediatric dental procedures.
1 procedure visit (in-person)
Duration - Within 5 minutes before and after anesthesia
Participants' physiological responses, anxiety levels, pain perception, and behavior are assessed before, during, and after the anesthesia procedure using various scales and pulse oximetry, and questionnaires are completed after treatment to evaluate perceptions of the communication methods.
Assessments conducted during and immediately after the procedure visit
Trial Site Locations
Total: 1 location
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Canakkale Onsekiz Mart University
Çanakkale, Kepez, Turkey (Türkiye), 17100
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Research Team
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Burak Çarıkçıoğlu, Associate Professor
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Hilal ÖZTÜRK, Research Assistant
How is the study designed?
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Masking
NONE
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Model
PARALLEL
Primary Purpose
TREATMENT
Number of Arms
2
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