Musicoterapia como alternativa para el control de ansiedad durante procedimientos quirúrgicos dentales Clínica Odontológica UCSG.

Abstract

Introduction: Dental anxiety is a phenomenon that significantly influences the state of oral health, hindering the patient's management during dental care and during the continuity of treatment. Purpose: This study was conducted to check anxiety levels and how their increase can cause changes in blood pressure, heart rate and blood oxygen saturation in patients who will undergo dental surgical procedures; as well as demonstrating whether the use of music therapy during dental surgical procedures can control anxiety levels. Materials and methods: The present clinical trial included 240 men and women between 18 and 70 years old, the same ones that received attention, in the Dental Clinic, of the Catholic University of Santiago de Guayaquil during the semester B-2018. Results: The prevalence of anxiety in the most frequent study group is mild with 56.25%, followed by Moderate with 23.75%, Severe with 11.25% and less frequent with 8.75%. Of 100% of patients who received music therapy during the surgical procedure, 94.93% felt less anxious, 2.90% felt More anxious and 2.17% felt no change. Conclusions: The use of music therapy during dental surgical procedures had a positive impact on patients, since it reduced anxiety levels in them. The female gender presented in this study an increase in anxiety levels with respect to the male gender.