Assessment of Pain, Anxiety, and Cortisol Levels During the Initial Aligning Phase of Fixed Orthodontic Treatment

AKSOY, Alev; GEÇGELEN CESUR, MİNE; Dagdeviren, Birsen; Ozkaynak, Yasemin; Karacin, Gizem; Gultekin, Fatih

doi:10.5152/turkjorthod.2019.18043

Assessment of Pain, Anxiety, and Cortisol Levels During the Initial Aligning Phase of Fixed Orthodontic Treatment

AKSOY A., GEÇGELEN CESUR M., Dagdeviren B. H., Ozkaynak Y. A., Karacin G., Gultekin F.

TURKISH JOURNAL OF ORTHODONTICS, cilt.32, sa.1, ss.34-40, 2019 (ESCI, Scopus, TRDizin)

Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
Cilt numarası: 32 Sayı: 1
Basım Tarihi: 2019
Doi Numarası: 10.5152/turkjorthod.2019.18043
Dergi Adı: TURKISH JOURNAL OF ORTHODONTICS
Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Emerging Sources Citation Index (ESCI), Scopus, TR DİZİN (ULAKBİM)
Sayfa Sayıları: ss.34-40
Süleyman Demirel Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

Objective: We assessed pain and anxiety using psychological testing instruments (State-Trait Anxiety Inventory for Children, visual analog scale) and a physiological testing instrument (salivary cortisol hormone level) after the insertion of orthodontic appliances and during the initial alignment phase of orthodontic treatment.