Abstract
With the view of elucidating the influence of the stress associated with impression taking on circulatory responses, 9 normal young subjects, 3 patients with gagging reflex, 4 normal aged subjects and 4 hypertensives were measured for blood pressure and pulse using automatic sphygmomanometer. The following results were obtained:
1. Resting blood pressure and pulse were highest and most for hypertensives and patients with gagging reflex, respectively.
2. The fluctuation of circulatory responses in normal young subjects tended to be less influenced by the stimulation of impression taking.
3. The blood pressure of patients with gagging reflex tended to increase remarkably upon taking maxillary impression, but to return to the resting value following impression taking.
4. Circulatory responses of normal aged subjects showed not only great timecourses but also individual differences. Some of them showed remarkable decreases in systolic pressure.
5. The fluctuation of circulatory responses in hypertensives under the control of hypotensive drugs tended to be smaller than that in normal aged subjects.
