The association of stress and patient's pain perception during endodontic therapy | [Pakistan Journal of Medical and Health Sciences • 2020]

Author(s):

1. USMAN SANA: Islam Dental College,Sialkot, Pakistan

2. IMRAN SALEM QURESHI: Frontier Medical and Dental Abbottabad, Pakistan

3. IFFAT UMAIR NIAZI: Islam Dental College,Sialkot, Pakistan

4. NASRULLAH KHAN: Avicenna Dental College,Lahore, Pakistan

5. MUHAMMAD MUDDASSAR: Islam Dental College Sialkot, Pakistan

6. IMRAN KHAN KHATTAK: Frontier Medical and Dental College Abbottabad, Pakistan

Abstract:

Objective: To assess the effects of pre-operative stress level on pain perception during endodontic therapy. Methods: 300 patients who visited the dental section of Islam Dental College for endodontic therapy were included. Numeric pain scale was implicated for assessment of pain. Stress levels were documented using the stress scale. SPSS, Version 16.0 was used for data collection. Results: Statistically significance correlation was found to be 0.77 when considering stress and pain during endodontic therapy. Conclusion: Pre-operative assessment of stress helps operator improved pain control in endodontics. Therefore it is suggested that reducing patient's stress levels will help improve endodontic treatment outcome.

Page(s): 2101-2103

DOI: DOI not available

Published: Journal: Pakistan Journal of Medical and Health Sciences, Volume: 14, Issue: 4, Year: 2020

Keywords:

stress , Pain , Endodontic therapy , Local anaesthesia LA

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