Abstract:

The self-purpose of the dentist and the anxiety hearing to the treatment is considered one of the psychological conditions that people have. Implementation of dental procedures in worried patients makes it difficult for both the patient's comfort and the functionality and efficiency of the doctor. In this study, dental implant surgery is intended to determine the level of anxiety in planned patients and to study the relationship between the patient’s anxiety points and the sociodemographic characteristics and the number of implants. The study included a total of 60 volunteer women and men adults aged between 30 and 50 years without systemic illness, without using neurological or psychiatric medications. In the framework of the survey, participants were applied: Demographic Information Collection Form, Spilberger Status and Continuous Anxiety Reserve and Modified Dental Anxiety Scale. According to the Pearson Correlation Analysis results for determining the relationship between the three different dependent variables, when all groups are considered together, it is that there is a meaningful relationship between the points obtained from the Situation Anxiety Reserve (DKE) and the points obtained from the Continuous Anxiety Reserve (SKE) (r =.60, p < .000) and the points obtained from the Modified Dental Anxiety Scale (MDKÖ) (r =.60, p < .000). Additionally, it was concluded that the gender was an influential variable (F(3, 52) = 6.27, p < .001, η2p = .27) on the above-mentioned scale points. The findings showed that there was a significant relationship between the three different scales of anxiety used in the study (DKE, SKE and MDKÖ) in a positive direction and a medium level, and there was an increase in the level of anxiety of patients as they went from the non-implant group to the single implant application and 2+ implant application. The result is that the gender variable is effective and that women are more concerned about implant treatment than men.

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