Biography
Biography: Yair Lenga
Abstract
Non-surgical periodontal treatments, including scaling/root planing in conjunction with local delivery of anti-microbial agents and/or host modulation, often result in restored periodontal health. However, in cases where these non-surgical interventions are ineffective, or in cases of severe periodontitis, treatment can be traumatic, counterproductive and facilitate exacerbations to the disease process, and hasten disease mediated periodontal destruction for patients. Current theories on proactive patient involvement in selection of procedural options may result in reduced anxiety over surgical intervention, and thereby reduction of perceived post operative pain and increased recovery rates. Specifically, it is suggested that reduction in associated anxiety via patient selected option for sedation prior to periodontal surgery may result in not only lower anticipated post-operative pain in comparison to non-sedated patients (control group), but also in objectively measured post-operative pain, and reduced time to recovery. Evidence in open literature is supportive for non-periodontal surgical procedures, but has yet to be examined in this field. As such, positive outcomes from reduced anxiety over surgical intervention warrants further examination.