Relationship between malocclusion and stress

Not Applicable

• Conditions: Periodontitis

• Registration Number: JPRN-UMIN000020339
• Lead Sponsor: Department of Preventive Dentistry, Okayama University, Graduate School of Medicine, Dentistry and Pharmaceutical Sciences

Brief Summary

The high sympathetic activity group showed a significantly lower level of masticatory performance than the low sympathetic activity group. The result of this study was published in Acta Odontologica Scandinavica.

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Results First Posted: 1900-01-01
• Study Completion: 2011-02-28
• Study Start: 2015-12-25
• Last Update Posted: 17 October 2023

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: Complete: follow-up complete
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 65

Inclusion Criteria

Not provided

Exclusion Criteria

Patients taking the drug related to the heart rate valiability

Study & Design

• Study Type: Interventional
• Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
masticatory performance evaluated by using Masticatory Performance Evaluating Gum at the time of heart rate valiability measurement

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
heart rate valiability, STAI (state and trait of anxiety), probing pocket depth, clinical attachement level, bleeding on probing, number of teeth present, number of mobile tooth, the presence of a prothesis, occlusion pairs of teeth (Eichner's index)