Pre-surgery psychological characteristics, pain response, and activities impairment in female patients with repeated periodontal surgery

Assessment of Pain Associated With the Surgical Placement of Dental Implants

“…Pain during surgery was predictive of pain at 24 hours, and pain during 24 hours was predictive of pain after 1 week (Table 5). This significant association may be explained by greater pain sensitization induced by prior experiences of pain; it is supported by reports on the role of pain sensitivity and prior experiences in pain perception following dental treatment 21,28‐30 …”

Highly anxious dental patients report more pain during dental injections

“…They found that the best predictor of pain experienced is the level of state anxiety. Other studies investigating pain during scaling procedures 15,16 and pain after periodontal surgery 17 also reported a positive correlation between dental anxiety and pain. Most recently, dental anxiety and pain sensitivity were com bined to successfully predict expected and experienced pain during stressful dental procedures.…”

Pain Catastrophizing, Response to Experimental Heat Stimuli, and Post–Cesarean Section Pain

“…Possible predictive factors have been evaluated in various types of operations. However, conflicting data were obtained regarding the value of factors such as personal characteristics, 1,11 emotional distress, 16 depressive mood, 3,4,27 state and trait anxiety, 3,17,18,20,22,23,27 sex, 11,18,19,27 and age. 18, 19 Recent data indicate that preoperative response to experimental pain stimuli such as cold pressor test, electrical skin stimulation, heat stimuli, and burn injury may predict the intensity of postsurgical pain.…”