Trial reportEuropean archives of paediatric dentistry : official journal of the European Academy of Paediatric Dentistry2014
Behavioural and physiological outcomes of biofeedback therapy on dental anxiety of children undergoing restorations: a randomised controlled trial.
Trial report in European archives of paediatric dentistry : official journal of the European Academy of Paediatric Dentistry, 2014. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 9 papers.
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- Feasibility, acceptability, and perceived effectiveness of weighted blankets during paediatric dental care.International journal of paediatric dentistry · 2025Article
- Comparative Evaluation of Behavioral and Physiological Outcomes on Dental Anxiety of Children Undergoing Dental Treatment: A Randomized Clinical Trial.International journal of clinical pediatric dentistry · 2025Article
- Oral-Health-Related Quality of Life and Anxiety in Orthodontic Patients with Conventional Brackets.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Article
- Comparative evaluation of efficacy of external vibrating device and counterstimulation on child's dental anxiety and pain perception during local anesthetic administration: a clinical trial.Journal of dental anesthesia and pain medicine · 2021Article
- An Integrative Model for the Effectiveness of Biofeedback Interventions for Anxiety Regulation: Viewpoint.Journal of medical Internet research · 2020Article
- Comparative evaluation of virtual reality distraction and counter-stimulation on dental anxiety and pain perception in children.Journal of dental anesthesia and pain medicine · 2019Article
- The Contribution of Biofeedback Brain Boy Method to the Treatment of Anxiety Disorders.Materia socio-medica · 2019Article
- Impact of Music Distraction on Dental Anxiety in Children Having Intellectual Disability.International journal of clinical pediatric dentistryArticle
- Evaluation of treatment related fear using a newly developed fear scale for children: "Fear assessment picture scale" and its association with physiological response.Contemporary clinical dentistryArticle
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Abstract
aimTo explore the efficacy of biofeedback as possible alternative means of psychological behaviour guidance in children receiving dental restorations. STUDY
designRandomised clinical trial with a cross over design carried out on 40 children (19 boys and 21 girls) to determine the efficacy of biofeedback in reducing the dental anxiety through subjective and objective measures during restorative treatments under cotton roll isolation without administration of local analgesia.
methodHighly anxious children with a minimum of five carious lesions were trained to lower their anxiety using biofeedback in five sessions within a 4-week interval, each session lasting for 45 min. After initial training, children were randomly divided into two groups and restorations were placed in four sequential therapeutic sessions with a 1-week interval and a follow-up visit 3 months later. First group received biofeedback in the second and third sessions; whereas the second group received biofeedback in the first and third sessions.
resultsBiofeedback therapy in children led to lower levels of anxiety in the initial appointments when assessed objectively, however the subjective methods of evaluation could not depict any statistically significant difference.
conclusionBiofeedback can be used in the initial visits for dentally anxious children and the usage of simpler biofeedback machines for these appointments in dental setup is suggested.
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