Pain Perception: on Relationships Between Dental Anxiety and Olfaction

Pain Perception: on Relationships Between Dental Anxiety and Olfaction

the objective of this study is to evaluate the ability of olfaction in obtaining positive emotional and behavioral responses toward dental anxiety and pain in patients undergoing different dental procedures.

All patients who meet inclusion criteria of the study will be given a written consent and enrolled into a randomized double-blinded controlled study (investigator and patients are blinded about the study). Patients will be divided into lavender and control groups. Patients in lavender group will subjected 2 % lavender vapors. In control group, patients will inhale distal water vapors

Inclusion Criteria:

1. Adult females over 18 years,
2. Attending morning sessions of clinics (9 am)
3. Liable for administration of local anesthesia, tooth preparation either for filling procedures or crown preparations, endodontic treatment, teeth extraction, or subgingival scaling

Exclusion Criteria:

1. Males
2. Females who had allergies, bronchial asthma, common cold, pulmonary diseases, migraine, or taking antidepressants, anxiolytic drugs, opioids, or other medications that affect our results