Abstract
In the current complex social environment, the number of patients with dental psychosomatic disorders who visit dental university hospitals is increasing, and not only physicians but also dentists are struggling to deal with such cases. There are many women, including many cases with xerostomia, and the number has been increasing year by year in clinical statistics.
In this study, we conducted a survey of 45 healthy dental hygienist school students as a preliminary step to designing a pilot study for patients.
The purpose was to collect basic data for application to diagnosis based on the degree of oral moistness and the state and trait anxiety scale by the State-Trait Anxiety Inventory.
Various measurements were performed in a short time before and after clinical training. The oral moistness was statistically investigated according to the characteristic anxiety scale, divided into a characteristic high-anxiety group and a characteristic low-anxiety group.
As a result, we clarified the changes in the degree of moisture in the oral cavity by differences of anxiety tendency even among healthy subjects, and obtained suggestions for use in future diagnosis and research.
