Background: The aims of this study were to determine: 1) the degree of pain experienced by
patients during probing and debridement; 2) whether the treating hygienists could estimate …

Background: The aims of this study were to assess the degree of pain experienced by
patients during probing and debridement and to determine whether the pain responses …

This study examined the role of catastrophizing (ie a tendency to exaggerate the threat value
of potentially painful situations) in predicting pain experience during dental hygiene …

Purpose The purpose of this study was to examine clients' pain reports for routine clinical
procedures during dental hygiene treatment, and to examine the degree to which physical …

Background: The aim of the present study, performed during periodontal recall visits, was to
compare the levels of pain experienced by patients during periodontal probing using probes …

The purpose of this study was to assess the degree of pain during periodontal probing and
mechanical non-surgical therapy according to age, gender, and intersubject variation such …

Although pain during dental treatment has been identified as playing a major role in the
onset of dental anxiety and is a major concern of patients when seeking dental care, there …

The relationship of gingival inflammation to the pain associated with periodontal probing
was assessed at baseline (B), and 1 month (1M) and 3 months (3M) later in 46 subjects. At …

Objective. To evaluate different groups of patients' self-reported assessments of dental
anxiety and pain related to various routine dental hygienist treatment procedures, and to …

Patients were given the Dental Anxiety Scale (DAS) to complete and asked to indicate the
degree of pain they expected to feel on that day's visit to a dentist. After the appointment …