Effect of visual exposure versus obstruction upon patient’s quantitative and qualitative stress parameters changes during minor oral surgery

• Main Authors: Subramaniam, Pram Kumar, Mustafa Al-Ahmad, Basma Ezzat, Mustafa, Nazih Shaban, Mohd Izhan, Natasha Athirah, Ahmad Shukor, Nur Farah Izzati
• Format: Article
• Language: English; English
• Published: Thieme Medical and Scientific Publishers Pvt. Ltd. 2023
• Subjects: RK Dentistry
• Online Access: http://irep.iium.edu.my/100583/19/100583_Effect%20of%20visual%20exposure%20versus%20obstruction%20upon%20patient%27s%20quantitative.pdf; http://irep.iium.edu.my/100583/20/100583_Effect%20of%20visual%20exposure%20versus%20obstruction%20upon%20patient%27s%20quantitative_Scopus.pdf; http://irep.iium.edu.my/100583/; https://www.thieme-connect.de/products/ejournals/html/10.1055/s-0042-1757212

Objectives Dental anxiety is ultimately related to the fear of pain, more evidently seen in surgical dental procedures. This study aimed at comparing the stress parameter differences between patients undergoing minor oral surgery (MOS) with their eyes covered (closed) versus uncovered (open) at our...