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NCT Number: NCT06917976

Evaluating the Effects of Psychological Stress on Salivary Biomarkers in Pediatric Patients Visiting Pediatric and General Dental Clinic

the goal of this study is to test the effect of psychological stress on pediatric patients visiting specialized and general dental clinic by measure salivary cortisol and salivary alpha amylase and by use children fear survey schedule -dental subscale .

80 male subjects will be enrolled in this study between 4-6 years old with first dental visit ,40 subjects visiting specialized pediatric dental clinic to see the effect of specific environment and attitude of dentist on child stress ,and 40 subjects visiting general dental clinic with normal environment and general dentist .

the method of study is by taking two saliva sample from child , first when he will enter the clinic at reception and second after half hour when he will diagnosed without any type of treatment.

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Key information

Age range

4 year–6 year

Sex eligibility

Male

Study type

Observational

Who can participate

Healthy volunteers accepted: Yes

Only the study team can determine whether someone qualifies for participation.

Inclusion criteria

  • male
  • 4-6 years old
  • first dental visit
  • patients with no systemic disease

Exclusion criteria

  • medically compressed patient
  • patients with systemic disease

Treatment and study plan

to compare the effect of environment and attitude of dentist in children visiting specialized pediatric dental clinic and general dental clinic .

Behavioral

the investigators will measure salivary cortisol and salivary alpha amylase and using children fear dental survey schedule - dental subscale

Primary outcomes

  1. salivary alpha amylase

    Time frame: Baseline: saliva collection for cortisol and salivary alpha amylase measurement. up to half hour :saliva collection will be performed again as described at base line visit.

    measure salivary alpha amylase before and after half hour to see if the environment and attitude of dentist effect on salivary alpha amylase hormone.

  2. salivary cortisol

    Time frame: Baseline: saliva collection for cortisol and salivary alpha amylase measurement. up to half hour :saliva collection will be performed again as described at base line visit.

    measure salivary cortisol before and after half hour to see if the environment and attitude of dentist effect on cortisol hormone.

Study contacts

Contact information is provided by the study sponsor or research team.

Donya ali abdalkadim, B.D.S

CONTACT

[email protected]

+9647735181734

Sponsors and collaborators

Lead sponsor

Al-Mustansiriyah University

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Registry information

Official study title

Evaluating the Effects of Psychological Stress on Salivary Biomarkers in Pediatric Patients

Important dates

Study start
2025
Primary completion
2025
Study completion
2025
First posted
Apr 9, 2025
Registry last updated
Apr 9, 2025

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