Music and lavender showed no clear blood pressure or heart rate benefit during root canals
In adults having root canal treatment, music, lavender aromatherapy and their combination did not show statistically significant benefits over control on these physiological measurements.
Based on the published abstract. The full paper may contain additional methods, results and limitations.
The 30-second takeaway
Blood pressure and heart rate decreased in the intervention groups, but the differences from control were not statistically significant. This trial therefore did not establish a benefit on these measurements. The results leave uncertainty about possible effects and do not establish that the interventions and control were equivalent.
This abstract-based account has no effect estimates, confidence intervals or intervention duration to work with. The abstract also gives no results for patients' reported anxiety, so physiological measurements cannot answer that separate question.
What researchers found
Blood pressure and heart rate
Intervention groups versus control, measured before and after intervention during root canal care; duration was not reported.
What the trial tested
Participants received music, lavender oil through a humidifier, or both; another group served as control. Researchers recorded blood pressure and heart rate before and after the intervention.
Interpreting the comparison
The reported decreases occurred within the intervention groups. The comparison with control remained statistically inconclusive, so the abstract does not show that adding music or lavender caused the measurements to fall more.
The original publication
Effects of Music and Aromatherapy on Blood Pressure and Heart Rate Among Endodontic Patients: A Randomized Clinical Trial.
Mousavi SA, Nasiri F, Kashani MSA et al.
Clin Exp Dent Res · 2025
- PubMed ID
- 40497523
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