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Virtual Reality Storytelling Versus Storybook Reading for Dental Anxiety in Children

Sponsor: King Abdulaziz University • ClinicalTrials.gov ID: NCT07863661

Registry updated: 2026-10-07
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Description

Many children feel anxious before dental treatment. This study compares two ways of helping children feel calmer while waiting for their dental visit: watching a dental story through virtual reality (VR) glasses, or listening to the same story read aloud by the dentist from a printed storybook. The story is in Arabic and follows a girl named Amira during her first dental visit. The story is identical in both groups, so the only difference is how it is delivered. Healthy children aged 6 to 10 years will be randomly assigned to one of the two groups. The main outcome is the child's heart rate, measured before and after the story as an objective sign of anxiety. Children's dental fear will also be assessed with two child-friendly scales, and parents' own dental anxiety will be measured to see whether it is related to their child's anxiety. The study aims to find out whether VR storytelling differs from a traditional storybook in its effect on children's anxiety before dental treatment.

Interventions

  • Virtual Reality Storytelling (Behavioral)
    Children watch a digital animated story (Arabic, about a girl named Amira on her first dental visit) through VR glasses during the waiting period, before dental treatment
  • Traditional Storybook Reading (Behavioral)
    The dentist reads aloud the same story (same storyline, narration, dialogue, characters, and sequence of events) from the printed storybook during the waiting period, before dental treatment.

Eligibility criteria

Inclusion Criteria: * Aged 6-10 years * Healthy, physically and mentally (ASA I) * Arabic-speaking parents and children Exclusion Criteria: * Children younger than 6 or older than 10 * Non-ASA I Children * Children with conditions that contraindicate VR experience, such as developmental or sensory disorders. * Acute illness that might affect HR reading or anxiety * Non-Arabic-speaking

Conditions

Dental Anxiety Dental Anxiety in Children Preoperative Anxiety

Locations

  • Amani Ahmad Al Tuwirqi — Jeddah, Mecca Region, Saudi Arabia
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