Inhaled Lavender Oil, Rosemary Oil, and Their Combination in Reducing Dental Anxiety and Pain in Pediatric Dental Patients

NCT07352397 | Not Yet Recruiting

• 1 other identifier: 1188-11/2025
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 80
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

Brief Summary

Background: Dental anxiety and pain are common concerns in pediatric dentistry. These issues can lead to negative experiences for children and can make it difficult for them to cooperate during treatment. While medications can help manage these symptoms, it can also have side effects. This highlights the need for safe and effective complementary treatments. Aromatherapy, particularly with lavender and rosemary oils, has demonstrated anxiolytic and analgesic properties in different fields. However, their effect in helping children cope with dental anxiety and pain during procedures requiring local anesthesia has not yet been thoroughly studied. Purpose: This study aims to investigate the efficacy of inhaled lavender oil, rosemary oil, and their combination in reducing dental anxiety and pain in children receiving local anesthesia for extraction of lower primary molar

Conditions

Dental Anxiety

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (1)

• Change in anxiety scores

  Venham scale will be used. it ranges from 0 (relaxed) to 5 (Child out of contact with the relaity of threat)

  up to 1 week

Secondary Outcomes (3)

• Change in anxiety scores (by children)

  up to 1 week

• Change in pain scores

  up to 1 week

• Change in heart rate

  During procedure

Study Arms (4)

Group I

EXPERIMENTAL

Other: Lavender group

Group II

EXPERIMENTAL

Other: Rosemary group

Group III

EXPERIMENTAL

Other: Combination of both lavender and rosemary

Group IV

ACTIVE COMPARATOR

Other: No essential oils

Interventions

Combination of both lavender and rosemary OTHER

Children in this group would be inhaled 0.5 ml of prepared mixture (of Lavandula Angustifolia and Rosmarinus Officinalis + Sweet Almond carrier oil) on a cotton pad attached to the facial steamer .

Group III

Lavender group OTHER

Children in this group will be inhaled 0.5 ml of prepared mixture (of Lavandula Angustifolia+ Sweet Almond carrier oil ) on a cotton pad attached to the facial steamer .

Group I

Rosemary group OTHER

Children in this group will be inhaled 0.5 ml of prepared mixture (of Rosmarinus Officinalis + Sweet Almond carrier oil ) on a cotton pad attached to the facial steamer

Group II

No essential oils OTHER

Children in this group will be inhaled 0.5 mL of the carrier oil (Sweet Almond ) on a cotton pad attached to the facial steamer .

Group IV

Eligibility Criteria

• Age: 6 Years - 9 Years
• Sex: all
• Healthy Volunteers: No
• Age Groups: Child (0-17)

You may qualify if:

• Frankl behavioural rating score 2 or 3 during preoperative assessment.
• Healthy children ASAI.
• Children without a previous dental history.
• Children presenting with at least one mandibular molar indicated for extraction. (43)
• Completion of the written informed consent form by parents/guardian.

You may not qualify if:

• Children with colds, asthma, and any other respiratory diseases.
• Children who took NSAIDs or analgesic drugs in the last 8 hours before treatment.

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Alexandria University: lead

Study Sites (1)

Alexandria Faculty of Dentistry

Alexandria, Egypt

Location

Central Study Contacts

Mayy Sharaf, BDS

CONTACT

01555384075; Mayysaleh95@gmail.com

Study Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Phase: not applicable
• Allocation: RANDOMIZED
• Masking: DOUBLE
• Who Masked: PARTICIPANT, OUTCOMES ASSESSOR
• Purpose: TREATMENT
• Intervention Model: PARALLEL
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: SPONSOR

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: January 12, 2026
• First Posted: January 20, 2026
• Study Start: January 20, 2026
• Primary Completion: February 25, 2026
• Study Completion: February 25, 2026
• Last Updated: January 20, 2026

Record last verified: 2026-01

Locations

EG (1)