The aim of this clinical trial is to evaluate the influence of presurgical patient's diagrammatic illustration of mandibular third molar (Wisdom tooth) surgery on degrees of psychological stress.
Healthy patients (American Society of Anesthesiologists Class I),
Patients demanding extraction of their mandibular third molar,
Mandibular third molars requiring flap raising, bone removal, coronal and radicular sectioning (Modified Parant Scale Class IV),
Patients accepting their saliva sampling prior to and after surgery.
Acutely painful mandibular third molars on clinical examination,
Pericoronal and/or active periapical and/or active periodontal pathologies on clinical and radiographic examinations,
Patients using steroids,
Psychiatric patients,
Parallel
Presurgical Diagrammatic Illustration for Mandibular Third Molar Surgery
Other interventionThe handling surgeon will show the patient (in the study group) a diagrammatic illustration for surgical steps of mandibular third molar extraction. This diagrammatic illustration includes flap raising, bone guttering, coronal and radicular tooth sectioning, and flap closure.
Salivary Cortisol Level (in ng/mL)
Amount of salivary cortisol found in patients' saliva is considered directly proportional to degree of psychological stress.
Duration of Surgery (in minutes)
Time taken for each surgery will be recorded starting from flap incision to end of last closing suture knot.
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