Anxiety
Anxiety, anxiety
SECONDARY
The validated Turkish version of State-Trait Anxiety Inventory (STAI) formSubjective well-being was assessed (with the affect balance scale of a five-point answering scale ranging from 1 = ‘‘low well-being’’ to 5 = ‘‘high well-being’’). In addition, the education level of the participants was recorded (1 = secondary education, 2 = tertiary education, 3 = Bachelors degree)MDAS is a modification of Corah’s Dental Anxiety Scale consists of 5 questions with scores ranging from 0 (not anxious) to 5 (extremely anxious) for each answer for a total score ranging between 0 and 25. The score of 0 to 5 is considered not anxious, 6 to 10 is low anxiety, 11 to 14 is moderate anxiety, 15 to 18 is high anxiety and 19 to 25 is extreme anxiety/phobic.Three different periodontists who did not participate in the procedure; checked the completion of the forms (STAI-S, STAI-T, MDAS) (M.C.H.), took the salivary samples (B.A.) and recorded the vital signs (HR, SpO