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Work-In-Progress-The Impact of Virtual Reality on Pain Management During Orthodontic Debonding

Authors:
Ines Bouhlal
Aurelie Mailloux
Jerome Dinet

Keywords: Orthodontic; Debonding; Virtual Reality; Pain; Anxiety

Abstract:
Several previous studies reported that the use of Virtual Reality (VR) can reduce patient anxiety and pain, and can decrease the need of analgesics during medical care. Although patients may experience pain when their fixed orthodontic appliance is removed, this topic is poorly documented, as evidenced by the scarcity of publications. This paper is aiming to present a Work-In-Progress about an experiment investigating the impact of a VR system on pain and anxiety for patients during their orthodontic appliance debonding, with an experiment conducted with more than 100 adolescents and adults. Moreover we investigate the correlation between patients’ anxiety before debonding and their perception of pain, by comparing with other techniques to manage pain. To our knowledge, VR has never been tested during orthodontic procedures and our experiment is the first one investigating the benefits of VR for patients during orthodontic debonding.

Pages: 26 to 30

Copyright: Copyright (c) IARIA, 2024

Publication date: April 14, 2024

Published in: conference

ISBN: 978-1-68558-154-1

Location: Venice, Italy

Dates: from April 14, 2024 to April 18, 2024