Evaluation of Custom-designed Dental Storybook on the Dental Anxiety and Behavior of Children

Trial statusNot yet recruiting
Trial phaseNot applicable
Trial typeInterventional
Biological sexAll
Age4-8
SponsorOctober University for Modern Sciences and Arts

About this trial

Conventional behavior management techniques, namely: verbal communication and tell-show-do were used in the operatory for the participating children (Group A). The children allocated in intervention group (Group B) received a costume-designed storybook explaining the diagnosis and procedures of occlusal composite restoration

Eligibility criteria

Qualifiers

• Healthy children and children/parents can read and understand Arabic.

The child needs an occlusal composite restoration.

Disqualifiers

Children with special needs; children with a complete audiovisual impairment; children with

Learning difficulties or mental retardation.

Children who are not Arabic speakers.

Trial design

Treatments tested in this trial

  • tell show do behavior management technique
  • a costume-designed storybook

Treatment groups

48 Participants
are divided into 2 treatment groups