Objectives:

To investigate the pain associated with dental treatment in patients with Parkinson’s disease.

Methods:

70 patients with Parkinson’s disease who underwent 217 invasive dental procedures were included. Sex, age, and dental procedure information were collected from the patient’s dental records. The intensity of pain was measured using a numerical pain scale with values ranging from 0 to 10. Pain intensity categories were also defined. For analysis, two types of pain were considered: procedure pain and mean patient pain. The mean patient pain was the mean pain from the procedures which the patient underwent. Associations between pain and sex, age, and type of procedure were tested using the chi-square test.

Results:

The mean procedure pain was 0.8, and the absent pain category was the most frequent (68.7%); the average mean patient pain was 0.9, and the mild pain category was the most frequent (52.9%). A higher level of pain was reported more frequently among those undergoing anesthesia and extraction, reaching statistical significance. Female patients also reported more frequently a higher level of pain, not reaching statistical significance.

Conclusions:

The dental treatments performed in patients with Parkinson’s disease were mostly painless or of mild pain, and the pain intensity was associated with the type of dental procedure.

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