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Sensory Adapted Dental Environments to Enhance Oral Care for Children With and Without Dental Fear and Anxiety

University of Southern California · with Children's Hospital Los Angeles, National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research (NIDCR) · NCT06912854

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Key facts

Compensation
Not posted. Ask the study team before screening.
Who can join
Ages 6–12 · All sexes
Healthy volunteers
Accepted
Study type
Interventional · Not applicable
Target enrollment
312
US sites recruiting
1
Study start
May 9, 2025
Record last updated
October 2, 2025

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What the study is about

This study is a randomized clinical trial investigating the effectiveness of a Sensory Adapted Dental Environment (SADE) alone and together with a video-based modeling (VBM) component (VBM-SADE), compared to a regular dental environment (RDE) and/or VBM alone, to reduce anxiety, distress behavior, pain, and sensory discomfort during a dental cleaning in children with and without dental fear and anxiety.

Being studied: Sensory Adapted Dental Environment; Video-based Modeling

Conditions: Dental Fear and Anxiety

Eligibility criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

  • Male or female, aged 6 through 12 years, of any race/ethnicity;
  • English- or Spanish-speaking child and parent;
  • Have experienced at least one prior dental cleaning;
  • If recruited from the emergency department, Emergency Severity Index (ESI) must be level V or IV (to ensure that greater severity PED patients not be recruited).

Exclusion Criteria

  • Dental cleaning within the previous 4 months (i.e., not in need of cleaning);
  • Plan to move out of the area within 6 months;
  • Intellectual or developmental disability (e.g. autism; highly co-morbid with sensory processing difficulties);
  • Disability that would interfere with oral care (e.g. cleft lip/palate, cerebral palsy, genetic/endocrine/metabolic dysfunction) or medical condition that would place the child at increased risk during the study (e.g., uncontrollable seizures);
  • Daily use of anti-cholinergic drugs (i.e., interferes with EDA recordings);
  • Presence of orthodontia (braces) or with a plan to get braces in the upcoming 6 months

Recruiting US locations

  • Children's Hospital Los Angeles

    Los Angeles, CA 90027

    Site contact: Jose Polido, DDS, MS · 323-361-4116 · jpolido@chla.usc.edu

Study contacts (from the official record)

  • Leah Stein Duker, PhD, OTR/L · 323-442-0371 · lstein@chan.usc.edu
  • Riley McGuire, OTD, OTR/L, MA · 323-442-0672 · riley.mcguire@chan.usc.edu
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