STRESS IN DENTAL PATIENTS. EFFECT OF LOCAL ANESTHETIC PROCEDURES

Abstract

The serum free 17-OHCS response to local anesthetic procedures was evaluated in 258 systemically healthy young adult males. Subjects were not informed of their impending participation. Three groups of subjects were injected with different solutions, a fourth group underwent needle insertion with no injection, and a final sham group was taken through the anesthetic procedure without needle insertion. Preoperative serum free 17-OHCS means did not differ for the five groups. The increase in postinjection 17-OHCS levels was highly significant (P < .001) for all groups but not significantly different between the five groups. Thus, psychologic factors are of primary importance in the adrenocortical hyperactivity associated with intraoral injections.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
May 01, 1963
Accession Number
AD0407570

Entities

People

  • G. M. Isbell
  • I. L. Shannon

Organizations

  • United States Air Force School of Aerospace Medicine

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Alkali Metals
  • Anesthesia
  • Anesthesia And Analgesia
  • Anesthetics
  • Chlorides
  • Elements
  • Endocrine Glands
  • Epinephrine
  • Government Procurement
  • Governments
  • Group 1 Elements
  • Local Anesthetics
  • Medical Personnel
  • Metals
  • Peripheral Nervous System
  • Sodium
  • Statistical Analysis

Fields of Study

  • Medicine
  • Psychology

Readers

  • Brain and Cognitive Science; Experimental Psychology; Cognitive Neuroscience
  • Cardiovascular Physiology