Creating a safe dental environment for patients with hypertension by managing the variability of autonomic nervous system activity via hearing.

2023 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 21K17200
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Early-Career Scientists
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Review Section: Basic Section 57080:Social dentistry-related
• Research Institution: Kagoshima University
• Principal Investigator: Yamashita Kaoru 鹿児島大学, 医歯学域歯学系, 講師 (50762613)
• Project Period (FY): 2021-04-01 – 2024-03-31
• Keywords: 自律神経活動 / 心理 / 高血圧 / 音楽 / 歯科治療 / 抜歯

Outline of Final Research Achievements

In a super-aged society, there are increasing opportunities to provide dental care to patients with hypertension. Dental treatment of patients with hypertension is likely to cause medical emergencies such as abnormal hypertension due to fluctuations in autonomic nervous system activity caused by auditory stress from dental noise, pain, anxiety, and tension. Therefore, management of autonomic nervous system fluctuations is important for safe dental treatment. We measured autonomic nervous system, circulatory dynamics, and psychological status during tooth extraction with the aim of creating a safe dental treatment environment for patients with hypertension. In the future, we plan to increase the number of patients with hypertension and analyze the biological parameters of the autonomic nervous system, hemodynamics, and psychological state to analyze the effects of tooth extraction on the body.

Free Research Field

歯科麻酔

Academic Significance and Societal Importance of the Research Achievements

本研究は、高血圧患者の音楽聴取の有用性を検討する研究であり、これまでの研究において確立した「歯科治療中の自律神経活動の評価・解析モデル」を使用し、音楽聴取の有用性を検討し、高血圧患者の安全な歯科治療環境につながる知見を得ようとする点に学術的意義・社会的意義があると考える。