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The effect of 3D video glasses on pain and anxiety during primary molar teeth extraction in children

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OBJECTIVE: Pediatric dentists have many methods to control anxiety and pain in children, and distracting the children appears to be the one of the most commonly used behavior management technique during dental procedures. The aim of this study was to evaluate the effectiveness of 3D video glasses that provide visual and auditory distraction during the extraction of molar teeth in children aged 6-10 years on anxiety and pain perception. MATERIALS AND METHOD: Sixty children between the ages of 6-10 years were randomly divided into two groups. Tooth extraction was performed by using tell-show-apply method to 30 patients in the first group. In the second group, 30 patients underwent tooth extraction while watching cartoons with 3D video glasses. Anxiety assessments of the children were performed with pulse and oxygen saturation measurements and MCDAS (Modified Child Dental Anxiety Scale) scores before the treatment, during local anesthesia and after local anesthesia. Pain perception was recorded with Wong-Baker (W-B) scale both after local anesthesia and after tooth extraction. RESULTS: No significant difference was found in pulse and MCDAS scale values when tell show do and 3D video glasses groups were compared. All saturation measurements of the 3D video glasses group were found to be significantly lower than the tell show do group. In 3D video glasses group, after tooth extraction the recorded W-B values recorded significantly lower than the tell show do group. CONCLUSION: Although the use of 3D video glasses during tooth extraction in children did not provide the expected reduction in anxiety values, pain perception was found to decrease successfully.

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Dental anxiety , pain perception , pediatric dentistry , virtual reality

Acta Odontologica Turcica

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