Music before Dental Surgery Suppresses Sympathetic Activity Derived from Preoperative Anxiety

Miyata, Kôji; Odanaka, Hitomi; Nitta, Yukie; Shimoji, Shinji; Kanehira, Takashi; Kawanami, Masamitsu; Fujisawa, Toshiaki

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“…They found that music reduces the sympathetic nervous activity without involving the parasympathetic activity. [44] Cynthia et al . assessed the effect of music therapy on dental anxiety levels and correlated it to physiological parameters like salivary cortisol, stimulated salivary flow, blood pressure, heart rate, oxygen saturation and body temperature.…”

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Effect of music therapy on anxiety levels on patient undergoing dental extractions

Packyanathan

Lakshmanan

Jayashri

2019

J Family Med Prim Care

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Background and Aims:Dental anxiety has been found to be a significant problem faced by patients undergoing extractions. Anxious patients tend to avoid dental care ultimately leading to complications. Treatment of anxious patients can be very challenging to the dentists, prolonging the treatment duration. There has been various methods to reduce anxiety of which non pharmacological ways include music and aroma therapy. Music has been known to reduce fear, stress and is a form of meditation and relaxation. Hence effect of music on the reduction of anxiety levels for patients undergoing extractions were assessed. The aim of this study is to assess the effect of music therapy on dental anxiety levels of patients undergoing extractions.Methods:50 patients visiting the outpatient department of Saveetha Dental College for dental extractions were randomly selected and allocated to Test group and Control group. The test group (N = 25) were subjected to music during extractions and Control (N = 25) were not exposed. Dental anxiety levels and hemodynamic changes namely systolic pressure, diastolic pressure and heart rate were assessed before and after extraction. The data was collected and analyzed using SPSS software with Paired t Test.Results:The study showed that the control population had elevated hemodynamic changes with regard to systolic, diastolic blood pressure and heart rate, of which the diastolic pressure rise was significant. In the test population, there was fall in the hemodynamic changes with respect to systolic diastolic blood pressure and heart rate, all of which were statistically significant. This was evident in the modified dental anxiety scale as well.Conclusion:Music seems to be a psychological and spiritual way to calm oneself down. Hence music therapy can be used as an anxiolytic agent for stressful dental procedures.

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Effect of music therapy on anxiety levels on patient undergoing dental extractions

Packyanathan

Lakshmanan

Jayashri

2019

J Family Med Prim Care

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“…Patients did not have any prior experience with treating dentist before. Patients who came to the clinic on the day of their treatment rested in the dentist chair for 5 min [17]. Their gender, marital status, educational status, age, height, and weight were recorded.…”

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“…Visit purpose and waiting room experience, specifically the amount of time waiting for the treatment and the waiting room environment, are the factors which may cause dental anxiety prior to restorative treatment [16]. Thus, on a psychosocial level, music provides the patient an aesthetic experience that can offer comfort and peace while awaiting and during dental treatment [17,18].…”

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Investigation of the effect of music listened to by patients with moderate dental anxiety during restoration of posterior occlusal dental caries

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Objective The aim of this randomized controlled study was to investigate the effect of music therapy during restorative dental treatments on patients with moderate dental anxiety. Materials and methods Seventy patients were determined to have moderate dental anxiety by the Modified Dental Anxiety Scale (MDAS) and were divided randomly into two groups (n = 35). The first group did not listen to music during their restorative treatment (control group), and the second group listened to music of their choice (experimental group). Systolic blood pressure, diastolic blood pressure, heart rate, oxygen saturation, and body temperature were measured three times for each patient: once before the treatment, once after their dental caries were removed, and once at the end of the treatment. Salivary cortisol samples were taken from each patient before and after the treatment. The MDAS was re-administered to the patients at the end of the treatment, and the data were analyzed statistically. Results Only the diastolic blood pressure (P = 0.042) and the MDAS scores of the experimental group (P = 0.001) were significantly lower than the control group at the end of the treatment. Conclusion While music listening did not have an effect on the physiologic parameters of the patients during restorative treatment, it decreased the MDAS scores of the patients. Clinical relevance Although music therapy did not affect the physiological parameters during the restorative dental treatment, it may help to reduce patients' self reported anxiety level.

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“…One of the environmental factors that can cause anxiety prior to dental treatment includes the waiting room experience [3], specifically the amount of time spent awaiting treatment and the waiting room environment [4]. Existing literature addressing the waiting room environment and atmosphere evaluated different methods to reduce anxiety in the waiting room, such as exposure to positive images of dentistry [5, 6], aromatherapy [7, 8], and music [9–11].…”

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The effect of the waiting room’s environment on level of anxiety experienced by children prior to dental treatment: a case control study

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BackgroundIn addition to visit purpose, one of the environmental factors that can cause anxiety prior to dental treatment includes the waiting room experience, specifically the amount of time spent awaiting treatment and the waiting room environment. The purpose of this study was to compare the effect of the waiting room’s environment on the level of anxiety experienced by children in multisensory and traditional waiting rooms.MethodsCase control study. Test group waited for treatment in a multisensory waiting room, which consisted of a lighting column that children could touch and climb; as well as, rhythmic music played on loudspeakers. Control group waited for treatment in a traditional waiting room. Study participants were asked to answer the “Venham Picture Test”, a dental anxiety scale, while in the waiting room prior to entering the treatment room. Chi-squared, Fisher’s Exact tests, and linear regression were utilized. A p-value less than 0.05 was considered statistically significant.ResultsNo significant difference in dental anxiety scores was found between the test and control groups according to waiting room type (p > .05). Dental anxiety was significantly higher in patients who had longer waiting time prior to treatment (p = 0.019). In addition, dental anxiety was significantly associated with visit purpose (p < .001): children waiting for dental examination or those scheduled for dental treatment with conscious sedation were less anxious than children waiting for emergency treatment.ConclusionsA sensory adapted waiting room environment may be less important in reducing children’s anxiety prior to dental treatment. Children’s dental anxiety can be reduced by preventing emergency treatments, scheduling routine dental visits and decreasing waiting time.Trial registrationTRN NCT03197129, date of registration June 20, 2017.

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Music before Dental Surgery Suppresses Sympathetic Activity Derived from Preoperative Anxiety

Cited by 18 publications

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Effect of music therapy on anxiety levels on patient undergoing dental extractions

Effect of music therapy on anxiety levels on patient undergoing dental extractions

Investigation of the effect of music listened to by patients with moderate dental anxiety during restoration of posterior occlusal dental caries

The effect of the waiting room’s environment on level of anxiety experienced by children prior to dental treatment: a case control study

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