Kandemir S, Okşan T, Alpöz A R, Ergezer G, Kabalak T
Ege University, Faculty of Dentistry, Department of Oral Diagnosis and Radiology, Izmir, Türkiye.
J Marmara Univ Dent Fac. 1997 Sep;2(4):639-42.
Cortisol which is also called as stress hormone, is used as an indicator in the stress evaluation studies. 60 children who never visited a dentist before, participated in the present study. Saliva samples were collected from 30 children without any dental treatment (control group). Experimental group comprised 30 children with caries. Saliva samples were obtained at various stages during dental treatment. Totally 180 samples were collected and the cortisol levels were measured. Paired-t test has shown that the salivary cortisol levels at various stages of dental treatment in the experiment group were significantly higher in comparison with the control group. It is concluded that dental treatment may cause extreme stress in children who never had dental treatment experience before.
皮质醇也被称为应激激素，在应激评估研究中用作指标。60名此前从未看过牙医的儿童参与了本研究。从30名未接受任何牙科治疗的儿童（对照组）中采集唾液样本。实验组由30名患有龋齿的儿童组成。在牙科治疗的不同阶段获取唾液样本。共采集了180份样本并测量了皮质醇水平。配对t检验表明，实验组牙科治疗不同阶段的唾液皮质醇水平与对照组相比显著更高。得出的结论是，牙科治疗可能会给此前从未有过牙科治疗经历的儿童带来极大压力。
