Dental pain perception and emotional changes: on the relationship between dental anxiety and olfaction

BMC Oral Health

Table 7 The difference between the study’s groups in regard to the dental procedures and pain scores during dental settings (Phase IV)

Procedure	Lavender Group	Control Group	P-value
Local Anesthesia:
-Pain score (Mean ± SD)	33.45 ± 2.23	47.32 ± 1.25	0.041
-Anxiety level:
Before	Moderate anxiety	Moderate anxiety	0.023
After	Mild anxiety	Moderate anxiety	0.023
Crown preparations:
-Pain score (Mean ± SD)	29.87 ± 2.15	45.32 ± 2.35	0.032
-Anxiety level:
Before	Mild anxiety	Mild anxiety	0.042
After	Low anxiety	Mild anxiety	0.042
Subgingival scaling
-Pain score (Mean ± SD)	21.54 ± 0.24	27.32 ± 0.28	0.001
-Anxiety level:
Before	Low Anxiety	Low anxiety	0.043
After	No	Low anxiety	0.043
Cavity preparations
-Pain score (Mean ± SD)	5.24 ± 0.46	10.55 ± 0.32	0.050
-Anxiety level:
Before	Low anxiety	Low anxiety	0.102^*
After	No	No	0.102^*
Pulp extirpation
-Pain score (Mean ± SD)	4.36 ± 0.47	7.32 ± 0.42	0.023
-Anxiety level:
Before	Mild anxiety	Mild anxiety	0.022
After	No anxiety	Low anxiety	0.022
Extractions
-Pain score (Mean ± SD)	21.46 ± 1.23	45.49 ± 0.23	0.021
-Anxiety level:
Before	Moderate anxiety	Moderate anxiety	0.001
After	Mild anxiety	Moderate anxiety	0.001

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