Efficacy of kaleidoscope, virtual reality, and video games to alleviate dental anxiety during local anesthesia in children: a randomized clinical trial.

Karthik Anchala Voppathotty Tirumala Kanamarlapudi Venkata Saikiran Niharika Reddy Elicherla Shaik Rahul Sivakumar Nuvvula

Published in: Journal of dental anesthesia and pain medicine (2024)

Compared with kaleidoscopes and video games, virtual reality is a promising distraction technique for reducing dental fear, anxiety, and pain during local anesthesia administration in children.

Keyphrases

virtual reality
young adults
oral health
chronic pain
sleep quality
pain management
neuropathic pain
spinal cord injury
physical activity
postoperative pain