To overcome the fear of patients who want to have dental implants, we considered that it is important to give them an objective evaluation of pain. And a VAS (visual analogue scales) measurement on pain was conducted for various implanted patients (20 males and 59 females) using a 100 millimeter (mm) horizontal line. The following results were obtained.
1. The VAS average for the implants was at 19±17 mm, extremely lower compared with that for the pulpitis and no difference was observed in pain between either sexes.
2. No VAS difference was recognized in age while female patients in their 60 s were recognized evidently larger (p<0.05) on the VAS average than male patients in their 60 s.
3. As for the implant sites, no VAS difference was observed and no evident difference was recognized between the sexes.
4. Concerning the VAS difference by the implant materials, it was recognized that the Bladevent implant was obviously larger than Shape memory implant (p<0.01) and Sumicikon implant (p<0.05), the Physio odontoram implant was larger than Shape memory implant (p<0.05) and the Subperiosteal implant was larger than Bioceram implant (p<0.01). However, no difference was recognized between the sexes about the implant materials.
5. If the measurement results are explained for the VAS as an objective evaluation on pain to the patients during implant precounseling, the consent will be obtained from the patients.
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