Impact of Anxiety on Pain Perception Associated With Periodontal and Implant Surgery in a Private Practice
- 1 September 2012
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Wiley in The Journal of Periodontology
- Vol. 83 (9), 1079-1085
- https://doi.org/10.1902/jop.2011.110562
Abstract
Background: There are limited data on pain perception after periodontal or implant surgery or how pain perception is affected by presurgical anxiety.Methods: Presurgical anxiety and surgical pain perceptions were measured by visual analog scale (VAS) scores and by interview of patients (N = 102) undergoing periodontal or implant therapy in a private periodontal specialty practice in Norway.Results: Patients reported that bad taste, receiving the local anesthetic, and excessive fluid in the mouth were the most uncomfortable experiences associated with periodontal or implant surgery. Analysis of identical responses to these questions showed that there was low intrapatient agreement for uncomfortable experiences (κ = 0.18), but there was reasonably good agreement for comfortable experiences (κ = 0.76). There were no significant differences between repeated VAS scores for pain perception (P = 0.91) or anxiety (P = 0.75) from two consecutive surgeries. There were no significant differences of VAS scores for perception of discomfort for periodontal surgery (9.9 ± 17.0) compared to implant surgery (16.7 ± 24.2; P >0.2). Presurgical anxiety scores were higher for implant surgery (45.5 ± 33.4) than for periodontal surgery (19.5 ± 28.1; P P P P = 0.04).Conclusion: For periodontal surgery and implant treatments pain perception is affected by the level of presurgical anxiety.Keywords
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