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ArticleBDJ open2020

A single-centre investigator-blinded randomised parallel-group study protocol to investigate the influence of an acclimatisation appointment on children's behaviour during N

Mawlood Kowash, Manal Al-Halabi, Iyad Hussein, Mohammad M Abdo, Anas Salami, Amar Hassan, Yrsa Sverrisdottir, Jinous F Tahmassebi

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Article in BDJ open, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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8 authors.

Mawlood KowashHamdan Bin Mohammed College of Dental Medicine, Mohammed Bin Rashid University of Medicine & Health Sciences, Dubai, United Arab Emirates.ORCID 0000-0002-0552-1767
Manal Al-HalabiHamdan Bin Mohammed College of Dental Medicine, Mohammed Bin Rashid University of Medicine & Health Sciences, Dubai, United Arab Emirates.
Iyad HusseinHamdan Bin Mohammed College of Dental Medicine, Mohammed Bin Rashid University of Medicine & Health Sciences, Dubai, United Arab Emirates.ORCID 0000-0002-7682-5573
Mohammad M AbdoHamdan Bin Mohammed College of Dental Medicine, Mohammed Bin Rashid University of Medicine & Health Sciences, Dubai, United Arab Emirates.
Anas SalamiHamdan Bin Mohammed College of Dental Medicine, Mohammed Bin Rashid University of Medicine & Health Sciences, Dubai, United Arab Emirates.
Amar HassanHamdan Bin Mohammed College of Dental Medicine, Mohammed Bin Rashid University of Medicine & Health Sciences, Dubai, United Arab Emirates.
Yrsa SverrisdottirCollege of Medicine, Mohammed Bin Rashid University of Medicine and Health Sciences, Dubai, United Arab Emirates.
Jinous F Tahmassebi3Leeds School of Dentistry, Leeds University, Leeds, UK.

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Abstract

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objectivesTo describe a study protocol of a randomised control trial (RCT) assessing the effectiveness, in reducing dental anxiety, of an acclimatising nitrous oxide sedation (N MATERIALS AND

methodsA single-centre investigator-blinded parallel-group RCT conducted in a postgraduate dental hospital in Dubai, United Arab Emirates (UAE). Anxious children requiring N

resultsThe data will be analysed statistically. DISCUSSION: There is a paucity of research regarding dental N

conclusionsThis RCT will report whether prior acclimatising of a child to N

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Dental anxiety and phobiaDental pharmacology

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PMID32194987
PMCPMC7078273

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