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Table 1 Patient and dental procedures

From: Application of virtual reality on non-drug behavioral management of short-term dental procedure in children

 

VRa (n = 60, %)

TSDb (n = 60, %)

p-value

Age (years)

5.59 ± 0.92

5.66 ± 0.99

0.69

Gender

 Male

35 (58.33)

28 (46.67)

0.20

 Female

25 (41.67)

32 (53.33)

ASAc physical status

 I

43 (71.67)

46 (76.67)

0.53

 II

17 (28.33)

14 (23.33)

Dental procedure

 Caries treatment

27 (45.00)

20 (33.33)

0.63

 Extraction of deciduous teeth

12 (20.00)

15 (25.00)

 Incision of abscess

11 (18.33)

13 (21.67)

 Root canal therapy

10 (16.67)

12 (20.00)

Local anesthetic

 Primacaine

48 (80.00)

46 (76.67 )

0.39

 Not used

12 (20.00)

14 (23.33)

  1. aVR virtual reality group
  2. bTSD tell-show-do group
  3. cASA American Society of Anesthesiologists
  4. p-value < 0.05 statistically significant