In this study, our goal was to assess the relationship between the total amount of sedative medications necessary for intravenous sedation and the level of preoperative anxiety, while controlling for the level of sedation in patients undergoing third molar extraction. We also assessed the relationship between preoperative anxiety and the degree of patient’s intraoperative movement.

State and trait anxiety scores have been analyzed for the 25 patients in this study. As expected, state and trait anxiety correlated with one another (r = 0.48, P = .016). In this study, 9 of the 25 patients were found to have a high level of anxiety before their surgical procedure (state anxiety score [...]

Anxiety describes an unpleasant emotional state or condition. Anxiety states are characterized by subjective feelings of apprehension, nervousness, tension, and worry when subjected to an anxiety-provoking stimulus, such as going to the dentist or oral surgeon. Anxiety-provoking stimuli also cause a neuroendocrine response that contributes to the anxious state. This neuroendocrine response is associated with [...]