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Disseminable Evidence-Based Treatment for the Dental Office: Virtual Exposure Tools for Dental Fear - neVR Fear the Dentist
The purpose of this study is to compare an intervention for dental fear to the usual approach (i.e., whatever your dentist typically does to help you manage fear) in reducing patient fear and making dentist appointments more tolerable. The dental fear intervention (called neVR Fear the Dentist™) has two separate steps. Step 1 involves using a mobile app that is based on research-backed approaches to handling dental fear on your smartphone or device. Step 2 is a 1-hour self-administered virtual reality intervention to be completed in the dental office. This is a randomized study. Participants will be randomized to either the intervention group or an active control. Investigators hypothesize that participants in the intervention condition will show greater declines in self-reported dental fear and improved oral health-related quality of life during post-treatment and follow-up period.
Age
13 - No limit years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No
New York University
New York, New York, United States
Start Date
August 9, 2024
Primary Completion Date
December 1, 2026
Completion Date
December 1, 2027
Last Updated
March 11, 2026
250
ESTIMATED participants
neVR Fear the Dentist
BEHAVIORAL
Lead Sponsor
New York University
Collaborators
NCT02919241
NCT03779659
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