Virtual Reality Distraction During Restorative Dental Treatment | NCT07738718

NCT07738718

Overview

NCT ID: NCT07738718
Lead Sponsor: Qassim UniversityOTHER
Official Title: The Impact of Virtual Reality on Pain Perception and Patients' Experience Following the Administration of Local Anesthesia and Restorative Dental Treatment: Split-Mouth Randomized Clinical Trial
Brief Summary: This split-mouth randomized clinical trial will evaluate the effect of virtual reality (VR) distraction on pain perception, anxiety, physiological responses, and patient experience during local anaesthesia administration and restorative dental treatment in adults. Participants requiring bilateral Class I restorative treatment will receive treatment with and without VR distraction in randomized order. Pain, anxiety, heart rate, oxygen saturation, and patient-reported experience will be compared between the two conditions to determine whether VR improves patient comfort during routine dental care.
Conditions: Dental Anxiety
Pain

Status and Timeline

Status: Recruiting
Last Update Posted: Jul 31, 2026Actual
Start Date: Aug 25, 2025Actual
Primary Completion Date: Oct 15, 2026Estimated
Completion Date

Participation Criteria

Ages Eligible for Study: Adult (18-64)Older Adult (65+)
Sexes Eligible for Study: All
Accepts Healthy Volunteers?: No
Eligibility Criteria: Inclusion Criteria:

Adults (≥18 years) requiring bilateral Class I restorative dental treatment.

Presence of bilateral Class I carious lesions extending to the inner one-third of dentin (D3) with symptoms of reversible pulpitis.

Willing and able to provide written informed consent.

Willing to participate in the study and comply with study procedures.

Exclusion Criteria:

Children (<18 years).

American Society of Anesthesiologists (ASA) Physical Status Class III or higher.

Deep Class I carious lesions with pulpal involvement.

Mentally or medically compromised patients.

Patients presenting with acute dental pain, such as acute pulpitis.

Study Plan

Study Type: Interventional
Phase: Not Applicable
Enrollment: 13Estimated
Primary Purpose: Treatment
Allocation: Randomized
Interventional Model: Parallel Assignment
Masking: None (Open Label)

Contacts and Locations

Central Contacts: No data available
Locations: Professor Muhammad Zubair Ahmad

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Participant Group/Arms

Group 1. Virtual Reality DistractionExperimental

Participants will receive local anesthesia and restorative dental treatment while using an immersive virtual reality headset as a distraction intervention.

Device: Virtual Reality Headset

Group 2. Conventional TreatmentActive Comparator

Participants will receive local anesthesia and restorative dental treatment without virtual reality distraction according to the standard clinical procedure.

Other: Standard Dental Treatment