Lavender Oil Inhalation Help to Overcome Dental Anxiety Among Children

Can Lavender Oil Inhalation Help to Overcome Dental Anxiety and Pain in Children? A Randomized Clinical Trial

The purpose of this study is to investigate the impact of lavender oil (Lavandula angustifolia) on anxiety, pain and vital signs (blood pressure, heart rate and saturation) among children planned to undergone surgical intervention.

Lavender oil has sedative properties. Dental anxiety is one of the most common obstacles to dental care, especially for children ranges from 3% to 43% in different populations. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first study to investigate the use of lavender oil inhalation and to assess the correlation of anxiety and vital signs among children during a stressful surgical dental intervention. This study design was constructed according to the vital sign evaluations, anxiety and pain scores. Primary hypothesis was that of lavender oil inhalation prior to surgical dental interventions would affect vital signs and consequently reduce anxiety and perception of pain in children.

100 % pure, high strength lavender oil inhalation in a separate room for 3 minutes, prior to tooth extractions. Anxiety scale (FIS) Pain scale 1 (FLACC) Pain scale 2 (WBS) Vital signs 1 (systolic and diastolic blood pressure) Vital signs 2 (heart rate) Vital signs 3 (saturation)

No application prior to interventions. No lavender oil inhalation. Anxiety scale (FIS) Pain scale 1 (FLACC) Pain scale (WBS) Vital signs 1 (systolic and diastolic blood pressure) Vital signs 2 (heart rate) Vital signs 3 (saturation)

Face, Legs, Activity, Cry, Consolability (FLACC), to assess objective operational pain after anesthesia injection and tooth extraction

Wong Baker Pain Rating scale (WBS), to assess subjective operational pain after anesthesia injection and tooth extraction

changes in systolic and diastolic blood pressure pre-operatively, intra-operatively, post-operatively

Five cartoon faces symbolized different emotions from very happy to very unhappy. The children chose one face at which they feel most like at that moment. One point is given to most positive face and 5 point is given to most negative face.

FLACC has five categories of behavior to rate pain as follows; facial expression, leg movement, activity, cry and consolability. The scores of each category are between 0 and 2. The total scores can change from 0 to 10 defined as mild (1-3), moderate (4-6) and severe (7-10).

WBS combines pictures and numbers to rate pain. The scale has six faces assigned numerical ratings from 0 'no hurt' to 10 'hurts worst'. Administration of WBS is easy, not time consuming and requires minimal instructions

Inclusion Criteria: being between 6 and 12 years of age children who are determined as Frankl 2, 3 or 4 intellectually sufficient to complete the anxiety scale volunteer to take part in the study whose parents were willing to participate into the study Exclusion Criteria: aged under 6 has cognitive, cooperation (i.ex. Frankl 1) or systemic problems common allergies or dental pain

Beginning 3 months and ending 5 years following article publication all data will be shared with other researchers