TY - JOUR AU - Rassul, Dr. Haider Ali PY - 2018/02/26 Y2 - 2024/03/29 TI - Evaluation of Pain response experienced by the patients after normal teeth extraction according to the operator genders JF - Mustansiria Dental Journal JA - MDJ VL - 10 IS - 2 SE - articles DO - 10.32828/mdj.v10i2.226 UR - https://mdj.uomustansiriyah.edu.iq/index.php/mdj/article/view/226 SP - 216-220 AB - <p>Gender stereotypes can lead to a variety of generalizations that affect the<br>perceptions of patients. Pain mechanism start with peripheral stimuli which will<br>initiate the afferent nerves fibers that will transmit the signals towards the central<br>nervous system through the spinal cord into the cerebral cortex where the pain signal<br>will be translated.<br>The aim of this research is to evaluate the complex assessing of patient’s pain<br>perception in relation to the gender of the dentist during normal teeth extraction.<br>Samples in this study was composed of (50) patients, divided into two equal<br>groups, first group treated by male students and the second’s group treated by female<br>students.<br>The results of statistical analysis of data showed that pain perception by the<br>patients was in mild status more in male group 18(72%) than female group<br>4(16%),While in moderate was less in male group 5(20%) than female group<br>15(60%),and in sever also less in male group 2(8%) than female group 6 (24%).<br>A significant difference was shown between the two students' gender in case of<br>moderate and sever pain status (Chi-square in moderate status 8.33 &amp; p-value= 0.004<br>while in sever status 2.381 &amp; 0.048respectively), while high significant difference in<br>mild status (Chi-square15.91and P&lt;0.01).<br>In Conclusions: A statistical analysis showing that pain perception experienced by<br>the patients treated by male students’ operator liable to be less than those treated by<br>female students’ operator.<br><br></p> ER -