Assessment of Relationship between Hemodynamic Changes and Anxiety in Patients During Lower Third Molar Surgery

To investigate the relationship between anxiety and hemodynamic changes in patients who have undergone impacted third molar surgery under local anaesthesia.

Observational clinical study.

Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Faculty of Dentistry, Gazi University, Ankara, Turkey, from January 2018 to December 2019.

Normotensive patients aged over 18 years, not using antidepressant medicine and ASA I included. A total of 83 patients were monitored and operated on for impacted third molar surgery. Blood pressure, pulse, and oxygen saturation values of the patients were noted at eight different stages during the surgery. Only the mesioangular impacted lower third molars of the patients were removed by a surgical operation. STAI forms were given before the operation.

There is a significant difference between values of blood pressure, pulse, and oxygen saturation and gender (p<0.05). However, there was found to be an increased blood pressure in male patients while an increase in pulse and oxygen saturation was observed in female patients (p<0.05).

Male patients were more concerned than female patients by having higher blood pressure which may cause longer postoperative bleeding.

Anxiety, Impacted third molars, Dental surgery, Hemodynamic changes.