Avaliação do nível de estresse em pacientes com lesão cervical não cariosa atendidos na Clínica de Odontologia da UFCG.

Abstract

Assessment of the stress level in patients with non-carious cervical injury treated at the UFCG Dental Clinic. Non-carious cervical lesions present as irreversible dental loss in the cervical region without bacterial involvement and have a multifactorial etiology. Due to stress, the loss of dental tissue has been associated with the occlusal factor, proving the association of the lesion with bruxism, tightening and premature contact. The objective of this study was to evaluate the level of stress in patients with Non-Carious Cervical Injury (LCNC) in patients attended at the Clinical School of Dentistry of the Federal University of Campina Grande (UFCG). The study was a cross-sectional, observational, with an inductive approach and a comparative, descriptive procedure. The data collection strategy was based on the clinical files, clinical examination and a questionnaire Inventory of Stress Symptoms of Lipp (ISSL). The data were recorded in the database of the SPSS software program for Windows 7, version 13.0 from February to September 2018. Phase I corresponds to the experience of stress in the last 24 hours, phase II in the last week and phase III in the last month. The sample consisted of 150 participants, of which 86 (57.4%) were female and 64 (42.6%) were male. Of the male gender, the largest number of participants (33) were in the phase of exhaustion (Phase III), and of the 86 female patients, the largest number (50) were also in the level of exhaustion. When asked aboutthe stomatognathic system, muscle tension was the most reported with 42.6% (75 assertive). Therefore, patients with LCNC were stressed and subject to oral and systemic alterations.