[Influence of patient's personal characteristics on anxiety level, oral hygiene, pain intensity at infiltrative anesthesia puncture and time of professional care].
A total of 76 dental patients (46 women and 30 men) were surveyed in order to investigate the relationships of dental anxiety with another indexes. Patient's appearance had significant influence (P less than 0.05) on dental anxiety, oral hygiene, pain intensity to local anesthesia infiltrate and on efficiency of routine dental procedures.
Guisado Moya
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Departamento de Medicina y Cirugía Bucofacial, Facultad de Odontologia, U.C.M.
Manso Platero
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Calatayud Sierra
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Carrillo Baracaldo
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D000328:Adult; D000766:Anesthesia, Dental; D016854:Dental Anxiety; D003729:Dental Care / Q000523:psychology; D005157:Facial Pain / Q000523:psychology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009910:Oral Hygiene; D010551:Personality; D013997:Time Factors
Influencia del aspecto personal del paciente en su nivel de ansiedad, higiene oral, intensidad del dolor a la punción en la anestesia infiltrativa y tiempo de intervención del profesional.