A Retrospective Study on the Effect of STA Anesthesia Technique in the Extraction of Impacted Teeth in Dental Outpatients and Its Impact on Patient Anxiety Levels

Jie Xu,1,* Junsen Su,1,* Guangfeng Liu,2 Wanggui Ying,3 Fang Yuan4 1Department of Stomatology, High-Tech District, Jinan Stomatological Hospital, Jinan, People’s Republic of China; 2Department of Stomatology, Wendeng Hospital of Traditional Chinese Orthopedics and Traumatolog...

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Main Authors: Xu J, Su J, Liu G, Ying W, Yuan F
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description Jie Xu,1,* Junsen Su,1,* Guangfeng Liu,2 Wanggui Ying,3 Fang Yuan4 1Department of Stomatology, High-Tech District, Jinan Stomatological Hospital, Jinan, People’s Republic of China; 2Department of Stomatology, Wendeng Hospital of Traditional Chinese Orthopedics and Traumatology of Shandong Province, Weihai, Shandong, People’s Republic of China; 3Department of Stomatology, Shungeng District, Jinan Stomatological Hospital, Jinan, People’s Republic of China; 4Department of Prosthodontics, Jinan Stomatological Hospital, Jinan, People’s Republic of China*These authors contributed equally to this workCorrespondence: Wanggui Ying, Email ywy117@126.com Fang Yuan, Email ynfm053@163.comObjective: To analyze the effect of the Single Tooth Anesthesia (STA) technique in dental outpatient patients undergoing the extraction of impacted teeth and its impact on patient anxiety levels.Methods: This retrospective study included clinical data from 130 patients who underwent the extraction of a single mandibular impacted tooth in our dental outpatient department between April 2022 and June 2024. According to the anesthesia method, patients were divided into two groups: the Traditional Group (n = 65, receiving traditional local injection anesthesia) and the STA Group (n = 65, receiving Single Tooth Anesthesia). Parameters including intraoperative bleeding, duration of anesthesia, extent of anesthetic infiltration, blood pressure [systolic blood pressure (SBP), diastolic blood pressure (DBP)], heart rate (HR), pain [visual analog scale (VAS)], compliance (Frankl treatment compliance scale), tolerance (Houpt behavior scale), and anxiety level [modified dental anxiety scale (MDAS)] were compared between the two groups.Results: There were no significant differences in the amount of bleeding, anesthesia duration, or infiltration range between the two groups (P > 0.05). In the Traditional Group, SBP at 3 minutes after anesthesia and post-extraction was significantly higher than before anesthesia (P < 0.05), whereas DBP and HR showed no significant changes (P > 0.05). In the STA Group, SBP, DBP, and HR remained stable across the three time points (P > 0.05). Compared with the Traditional Group, the STA Group showed significantly lower pain scores, reduced anxiety, and higher rates of treatment compliance and tolerance (P < 0.05).Conclusion: Within the limitations of this retrospective study, the STA anesthesia technique showed advantages over traditional local injection anesthesia in reducing pain and anxiety, while improving compliance and tolerance during impacted tooth extraction in dental outpatients.Keywords: anxiety, impacted tooth extraction, pain, STA anesthesia technique, tolerance
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spelling doaj-art-22b5eb100d1b4d89afae0ca1dcdd9a6a2025-08-20T03:26:57ZengDove Medical PressTherapeutics and Clinical Risk Management1178-203X2025-06-01Volume 21Issue 1941950104097A Retrospective Study on the Effect of STA Anesthesia Technique in the Extraction of Impacted Teeth in Dental Outpatients and Its Impact on Patient Anxiety LevelsXu JSu JLiu GYing W0Yuan FDepartment of StomatologyJie Xu,1,* Junsen Su,1,* Guangfeng Liu,2 Wanggui Ying,3 Fang Yuan4 1Department of Stomatology, High-Tech District, Jinan Stomatological Hospital, Jinan, People’s Republic of China; 2Department of Stomatology, Wendeng Hospital of Traditional Chinese Orthopedics and Traumatology of Shandong Province, Weihai, Shandong, People’s Republic of China; 3Department of Stomatology, Shungeng District, Jinan Stomatological Hospital, Jinan, People’s Republic of China; 4Department of Prosthodontics, Jinan Stomatological Hospital, Jinan, People’s Republic of China*These authors contributed equally to this workCorrespondence: Wanggui Ying, Email ywy117@126.com Fang Yuan, Email ynfm053@163.comObjective: To analyze the effect of the Single Tooth Anesthesia (STA) technique in dental outpatient patients undergoing the extraction of impacted teeth and its impact on patient anxiety levels.Methods: This retrospective study included clinical data from 130 patients who underwent the extraction of a single mandibular impacted tooth in our dental outpatient department between April 2022 and June 2024. According to the anesthesia method, patients were divided into two groups: the Traditional Group (n = 65, receiving traditional local injection anesthesia) and the STA Group (n = 65, receiving Single Tooth Anesthesia). Parameters including intraoperative bleeding, duration of anesthesia, extent of anesthetic infiltration, blood pressure [systolic blood pressure (SBP), diastolic blood pressure (DBP)], heart rate (HR), pain [visual analog scale (VAS)], compliance (Frankl treatment compliance scale), tolerance (Houpt behavior scale), and anxiety level [modified dental anxiety scale (MDAS)] were compared between the two groups.Results: There were no significant differences in the amount of bleeding, anesthesia duration, or infiltration range between the two groups (P > 0.05). In the Traditional Group, SBP at 3 minutes after anesthesia and post-extraction was significantly higher than before anesthesia (P < 0.05), whereas DBP and HR showed no significant changes (P > 0.05). In the STA Group, SBP, DBP, and HR remained stable across the three time points (P > 0.05). Compared with the Traditional Group, the STA Group showed significantly lower pain scores, reduced anxiety, and higher rates of treatment compliance and tolerance (P < 0.05).Conclusion: Within the limitations of this retrospective study, the STA anesthesia technique showed advantages over traditional local injection anesthesia in reducing pain and anxiety, while improving compliance and tolerance during impacted tooth extraction in dental outpatients.Keywords: anxiety, impacted tooth extraction, pain, STA anesthesia technique, tolerancehttps://www.dovepress.com/a-retrospective-study-on-the-effect-of-sta-anesthesia-technique-in-the-peer-reviewed-fulltext-article-TCRMAnxietyImpacted tooth extractionPainSTA anesthesia techniqueTolerance
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A Retrospective Study on the Effect of STA Anesthesia Technique in the Extraction of Impacted Teeth in Dental Outpatients and Its Impact on Patient Anxiety Levels
Therapeutics and Clinical Risk Management
Anxiety
Impacted tooth extraction
Pain
STA anesthesia technique
Tolerance
title A Retrospective Study on the Effect of STA Anesthesia Technique in the Extraction of Impacted Teeth in Dental Outpatients and Its Impact on Patient Anxiety Levels
title_full A Retrospective Study on the Effect of STA Anesthesia Technique in the Extraction of Impacted Teeth in Dental Outpatients and Its Impact on Patient Anxiety Levels
title_fullStr A Retrospective Study on the Effect of STA Anesthesia Technique in the Extraction of Impacted Teeth in Dental Outpatients and Its Impact on Patient Anxiety Levels
title_full_unstemmed A Retrospective Study on the Effect of STA Anesthesia Technique in the Extraction of Impacted Teeth in Dental Outpatients and Its Impact on Patient Anxiety Levels
title_short A Retrospective Study on the Effect of STA Anesthesia Technique in the Extraction of Impacted Teeth in Dental Outpatients and Its Impact on Patient Anxiety Levels
title_sort retrospective study on the effect of sta anesthesia technique in the extraction of impacted teeth in dental outpatients and its impact on patient anxiety levels
topic Anxiety
Impacted tooth extraction
Pain
STA anesthesia technique
Tolerance
url https://www.dovepress.com/a-retrospective-study-on-the-effect-of-sta-anesthesia-technique-in-the-peer-reviewed-fulltext-article-TCRM
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