Estudo dos fatores emocionais e psicológicos que podem interferir no tratamento odontológico

Introduction - Submission to dental treatment has been reported by patients as a condition giving rise to stress because they may experience some discomfort causing them to postpone visits to the dental office because of situations that include pain. Identify these conditions is a challenge that dentists should include their care procedures in order to modify this pessimistic view where the main focus (oral health) can be achieved. This work results in the identification of factors that interfere with patient-dentist approximation for the dental treatment. Material and Method - We interviewed 54 patients. Results - The results were significant: 14.85% said they going to the dental office is stressful. 83.3% reported that the dentist managed to deal with fear and anxiety during the dental treatment, 22.0% had requested to stop a consultation because of not keeping the self control. The most common symptoms: palpitations, cold hands, panic, increased sweating. When questioned about what most frightened them: equipment used during the consultations is the main cause of fear. Conclusion - It was concluded that the patient-dentist relationship is a complex and extensive subject, however, it identifies situations that may be related to fear, so that when controlled it facilitates adherence and reduce the dropout to dental treatments, improving clinical and practical care and patient approach to the dentist(AU)