Effect of immersive virtual reality on pain in different dental procedures in children: A pilot study

Background Implementing effective pain management is important to increase patient compliance during paediatric dental procedures. Aim This pilot study was conducted to evaluate the effectiveness of virtual reality (VR) on pain perception in dental procedures in children. Material and Methods Fifty‐...

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Veröffentlicht in:International journal of paediatric dentistry 2022-03, Vol.32 (2), p.264-272
Hauptverfasser: Alshatrat, Sabha Mahmoud, Sabarini, Jumana M., Hammouri, Hanan M., Al‐Bakri, Isra Abdulkarim, Al‐Omari, Wael Mousa
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Zusammenfassung:Background Implementing effective pain management is important to increase patient compliance during paediatric dental procedures. Aim This pilot study was conducted to evaluate the effectiveness of virtual reality (VR) on pain perception in dental procedures in children. Material and Methods Fifty‐four children aged between 5 and 12 years were included. Patients scheduled to receive dental procedures not requiring local anesthesia (eg, fluoride therapy) were assigned to Group A, and patients scheduled to receive painful dental procedures requiring local anesthesia (eg, pulp therapy, teeth extraction) were assigned to Group B. Patients in each group were randomly assigned and were equally likely to either receive VR during their dental procedure, or treatment as usual (without VR). Visual analog scale (VAS), Wong‐Baker FACES rating scale, and the ‘Face, Legs, Activity, Cry, Consolability’ scale (FLACC scale) were used to assess the pain levels during dental procedures. Results Patients receiving painful dental procedures requiring local anesthesia reported significant reductions in pain intensity/worst pain during the dental procedure on all subjective and behavioral pain measures of pain intensity with the use of VR distraction technique (P 
ISSN:0960-7439
1365-263X
DOI:10.1111/ipd.12851