TY - JOUR AU - KUMAR MP, SANTHOSH PY - 2017/03/01 Y2 - 2024/03/29 TI - RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN DENTAL ANXIETY AND PAIN EXPERIENCE DURING DENTAL EXTRACTIONS JF - Asian Journal of Pharmaceutical and Clinical Research JA - Asian J Pharm Clin Res VL - 10 IS - 3 SE - Original Article(s) DO - 10.22159/ajpcr.2017.v10i3.16518 UR - https://journals.innovareacademics.in/index.php/ajpcr/article/view/16518 SP - 458-461 AB - <p>ABSTRACT<br />Objective: To assess the effects of anxiety on pain experienced during dental extractions.<br />Methods: A prospective study was conducted during the academic year July-September 2016, randomly among 60 dental patients who visited the<br />outpatient Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Saveetha Dental College, Saveetha University, Chennai, for single tooth extraction. Anxiety<br />was measured using the Hamilton anxiety rating scale. The pain was measured using the pain visual analog scale (VAS) for the level of pain perceived<br />during extraction. Data collected were analyzed with Statistical Package for Social Sciences for Windows, Version 16.0 (SPSS Inc., Chicago, IL, USA)<br />and results obtained.<br />Results: From regression analysis, R2=0.605 which meant that the independent variable (anxiety) explained 60.50% of the variability of the dependent<br />variable (pain) with significant t-value. There was a statistically significant correlation between VAS and total anxiety score (p&lt;0.05). This strongly<br />suggests that an increase in pain level is associated with an increase in anxiety level.<br />Conclusion: Pre-operative dental anxiety is a major predictor of pain experienced by patients during dental extractions. Hence, it is an important to<br />reduce anxiety before treatment to reduce pain during the treatment. Pharmacologic modalities like sedation can be used for reducing anxiety and<br />pain related to the treatment in indicated patients.<br />Keywords: Dental anxiety, Sedation, Anesthesia, Pain, Tooth extraction.</p> ER -