An Anxiety and Salivary Cortisol Correlation in Dental Managements between Different Dental Departments
Year: 2021
Type: article
Study design: Observational Study
Abstract: Stress is a normal psychological and physical reaction to the ever-increasing demands of life. Studies show that many challenges with stress at some point during the year. Seventy five Iraqi dental patients interning collage of dentistry divided in three groups, twenty five patients were admitted to oral medicine and diagnosis department, twenty five patients to periodontal department and the last twenty five patients were to oral surgical department. Each selected group was compared to the each other groups. The parameters of comparison were dental anxiety scale and salivary cortisol. The research was based on evaluation of salivary cortisol and modified dental anxiety scale (MDAS). The cortisol evaluation was achieved using ELISA technique while, MDAS were based on scoring questionnaire.The salivary cortisol levels and MDAS were ranges from 0.243±0.190 ng/L to 7.760±2.488 with a significant changes 0.0001 (p
Author: Ahmad Hassan
Institution: Mustansiriyah University
Language: English
Subfield: Oral Surgery
Field: Dentistry
Domain: Health Sciences
Open Access status: diamond
OpenAlex ID: W4285346868