Assessment of salivary cortisol concentrations as a level of stress indicator among individuals undergoing dental extraction procedure

• Main Authors: Balakrishnan Thayumanavan (Author), C Krithika (Author), Khadijah Mohideen (Author), A V R. Ranjalitha (Author), C M Sacred Twinkle (Author), C Pravda (Author), Swetha Prabhu (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications, 2021-01-01T00:00:00Z.
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Background: Anxious patients tend to exaggerate the aversive events before the actual dental therapy. The anxiety and fear are the major factors that regulate cortisol levels. Aim: Our study aims to estimate the salivary cortisol among patients subjected to dental extraction and correlate any existe...