Nerimo lygiai prieš chirurginį protinių dantų rovimą su vietine nejautra prieš kombinuotą nejautrą

Relevance of the problem: Dental anxiety before third molar extraction is the highest compared to all other dental procedures. It is especially important for the doctor to know if anesthesia method correlates with dental anxiety levels before surgical molar extraction, so the doctor can choose the treatment plan accordingly. Dental anxiety may affect the pain during the pain level for the patient during the procedure and affect the doctor’s confidence as well, resulting in a less than enjoyable experience for both doctor and patient, and may affect healing after surgery as well. Purpose of the study: To evaluate level of anxiety the level of anxiety before the surgery in patients undergoing third molar surgical extraction. Material and methods: Permission to conduct a study was obtained from the Bioethics Center of Lithuanian University of Health Sciences (No. BEC-OF-60). 50 respondents participated in the survey. 25 respondants were undergoing third molar extraction with local anesthesia and the other 25 respondants were undergoing extraction with combined anesthesia. STAI-S scale was used to evaluate state anxiety of each patient before surgery of third molars. For statistics evaluation, the degree of freedom df, Mann- Whitney, Independent T-test, Npar, Kronbach's alpha (Cronbach's α) tests were used. A statistically significant dependency is when the significance level p 0.5) Gender had a positive statistical correlation with level of anxiety (p0.5). There was statistically significant differences in level of anxiety in the combined anesthesia group between men and women. Women had much higher anxiety before third molar surgical extraction in the combined anesthesia setting (p