Emotional and Oral Characteristics of Patients That Attend a Dental Consultation for the Extraction of Third Molars

University of Barcelona

Status: Completed

Conditions: Anxiety and Fear

Treatments: Other: Trifold information

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT06388265

18/2018, Acta 26-6-2018

Details and patient eligibility

About

Analyze the level of anxiety, hemodynamic parameters, oral status, and satisfaction among patients undergoing third molar extraction, we will assess those who attend the Master of Oral Medicine, Surgery, and Implantology program at the University of Barcelona.

Enrollment: 82 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Individuals 18 years old or older, from both genders that wished to voluntarily participate in the study and that required the extraction of third molars.

Exclusion criteria

• Systemic diseases (ASA III or IV) that contraindicate the performance of the surgical procedure
• Pregnant women
• Individuals that did not understand and/or could not respond the given questionnaire.
• Patients that required the extraction of a different tooth than a third molar or that required the extraction of more than two third molars in the same surgical time.
• Patients who had undergone extraction of a third molar in the twelve months prior to the current visit.
• Patients taking antidepressant medication or anxiolytic medication

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Single Blind

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82 participants in 2 patient groups

Verbal and Written detailed information

Experimental group

Description:

The experimental group will receive verbal information about the procedure (exodontia of third molars) and additionally a trifold with detailed information about the surgical procedure.

Treatment:

Other: Trifold information

Control

No Intervention group

Description:

The control group will only receive verbal information about the surgical procedure.