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Table of Contents for
December 2007 • Volume 23 • Number 56

  USING OF PLACEBO THERAPY IN THE STOMATOLOGY

Clinical article

 

Danica Popović-Babić¹
Mirjana Apostolović²
Vesna Ivetić³
Bogdan Biskupljanin¹

¹ hEALTh cENTRE „NOVI SAD“, STOMATOLOgIcAL SERVIcE, NOVI SAD;
² fAcULTy Of MEDIcINE, chILDREN’S AND PREVENTIVE STOMATOLOgy, NIš;
³ fAcULTy Of MEDIcINE, DEPARTMENT fOR PhySIOLOgy, NOVI SAD

   
...Abstract


By the investigation it was tried to explain the existence of fair in adolescents from stomatological treatment, by the appraisement of fear through its two components (congenitive and physiological). Congenitive component, was followed by the question marks before the first stomatological intervention (by standard scale of general anxiety). In the studies participated 100 adolescents. On the basis of the analysis of question marks the examinees were classified into three groups: normally, pathologically and increasingly anxious. On an occasion of third stomatological intervention, patiens were obtaining the placebo (vitamine C, half tablet, orally), 30 minutes before starting the work of stomatologic intervention, which were identical,i. e.the sanation of deep caries was carried out. Physiological component (look and colour of face) were appraised by the method of clinical observation. All parameters were measured before all three stomatological interventions. In this study, in parameters measured by clinical observation came to decrease of unsure look and pale and red face colour at using of placebo therapy.

Key words: placebo, adolescents
 

...Authors and Reprint Information

Address of correspondence:
Danica Popović-Babić, DDS.
Health Centre Novi Sad
Novi Sad 21000
Serbia


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