Background. The aim of the present study is to compare the dental anxiety levels between two outpatient clinics. Methods. Two hundred and seventy patients treated in two different clinics of minor oral surgery and dental extraction polyclinic in the Dental Faculty of Eskisehir Osmangazi University were included in the study. The impacted third molar surgery group and conventional dental extraction group consisted of 101 and 169 patients, respectively. The Modified Dental Anxiety Scale (MDAS) and Dental Fear Scale (DFS) were used to measure anxiety levels in patients treated in both clinics. Tests were made in an isolated room preoperatively. The differences in anxiety levels according to education status and gender were also evaluated. Results. The impacted third molar surgery group showed a significant increase in dental anxiety measured with DFS questionnaire (). However, MDAS revealed that there was no difference between anxiety levels between the impacted third molar surgery and conventional dental extraction groups (). There was also no difference in anxiety levels between patients with different education status (). Female patients demonstrated higher levels of anxiety in both MDAS and DFS indexes (). Conclusion. Dental anxiety may be higher in patients treated with impacted third molar surgery compared with conventional dental extraction. The education status of patients may not affect dental anxiety. Female patients may show increased levels of dental anxiety in conventional dental and impacted third molar extractions.

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第三磨牙阻生手术与常规拔牙患者牙科焦虑的比较

背景。本研究的目的是比较两个门诊之间的牙科焦虑水平。方法。该研究包括在埃斯基谢希尔奥斯曼加齐大学牙科学院的两个不同的小型口腔手术诊所和拔牙综合诊所接受治疗的 270 名患者。阻生第三磨牙手术组和常规拔牙组分别由 101 名和 169 名患者组成。改良牙科焦虑量表 (MDAS) 和牙科恐惧量表 (DFS) 用于测量在两个诊所接受治疗的患者的焦虑水平。术前在隔离室进行测试。还评估了根据教育状况和性别的焦虑水平差异。结果. 受影响的第三磨牙手术组使用 DFS 问卷测量的牙科焦虑显着增加（）。然而，MDAS 显示，受影响的第三磨牙手术组和传统拔牙组之间的焦虑水平没有差异。）。不同教育程度患者的焦虑水平也没有差异（）。女性患者在 MDAS 和 DFS 指标中表现出更高水平的焦虑（）。 结论。与传统拔牙相比，接受第三磨牙阻生手术治疗的患者的牙科焦虑可能更高。患者的教育状况可能不会影响牙科焦虑。女性患者在传统牙科和受影响的第三磨牙拔牙中可能表现出更高的牙科焦虑水平。