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Research Paper | Dentistry | India | Volume 11 Issue 12, December 2022

A Crossover Randomized Study to Assess the Effect of Music and Aromatherapy on Pain and Anxiety Scores in Children Who are Under-Going Various Dental Procedures under Local Anesthesia

Seethal Rajan | Pulkit Jhingan | Manvi Malik | Shivani Mathur

Abstract: Aim: To assess the efficacy of combining aromatherapy and music therapy in children who are undergoing invasive dental procedures. Design: This in-vivo cross-over experimental study was done on 30 patients in the age group of 6-12 years. All of them were given 3 interventions (Group 1-plain water +no Music Therapy/ Aromatherapy, Group 2-Music Therapy, Group 3-Aromatherapy+ Music Therapy) which was separated by 1week. The initial and final responses were scored by the FLACC score. During the administration of L. A, the SEM score were assessed and after completion of the procedure the child was asked to score WBFS. Results: On Intergroup comparison of initial and final FLACC score among the three groups, initial FLACC was not significant, final FLACC score of Group 3 showed statistically significant difference when compared to Group 2 and Group 3. Intergroup comparison of SEM score was statistically significant in Group 3 > group2 > group1 and Intergroup comparison of WBFS score was statistically significant for Group 3 > group 2 >group 1. Conclusion: Combination of aromatherapy and music therapy has the potential to modify the behavior of a child.

Keywords: Pain, Anxiety, Relaxation therapy, Behaviour modification, Aromatherapy, Music therapy

Edition: Volume 11 Issue 12, December 2022,

Pages: 378 - 385