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Relationship between preoperative anxiety and postoperative satisfaction in dental implant surgery with intravenous conscious sedation

2008

Purpose: To study if patient preoperative anxiety is related to age and gender and to compare preoperative anxiety with postoperative patient and surgeon satisfaction in dental implant surgery under intravenous conscious sedation. Materials and Methods: Dental implants were placed in 102 patients under local anesthesia and intravenous conscious sedation. The procedures were performed with or without dental extractions, and with or without bone regeneration. Anxiety was evaluated using Corah?s Dental Anxiety Scale and levels of surgeon and patient satisfaction were evaluated on an adapted scale. Results: Low preoperative anxiety was observed in 27.8% of patients, moderate in 50%, and high in…