Impact of Oral Post-Surgical Pain, Tooth Extraction, on Sleep Quality-Clinical Study

Objective: To evaluate the relationship between postoperative pain and quality of sleep and its impact on the quality of life of patients who attended the oral surgery consultation at the University Clinic, Faculty of Dental Medicine, Universidade Catlica Portuguesa in Viseu. Materials and Methods:This cross-sectional observational study included 32 patients who attended the oral surgery consultation at the University Clinic, Faculty of Dental Medicine of the Universidade Catlica Portuguesa in Viseu.Data were collected between 1 March and 20 May 2024, using validated subjective questionnaires.The study aimed to assess sleep quality, sleep schedule and hygiene, and oral pain.The following questionnaires were used Epworth Sleepiness Scale, Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index, sleep diary and visual analogue scale.Data were entered into the Microsoft Office Excel platform and processed using SPSS version 27 software.Results: This study demonstrated that postoperative odontogenic pain negatively affects sleep quality, daytime sleepiness, sleep fragmentation, sleep latency, and subjective insomnia symptoms in the week following tooth extraction.