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Dental Anxiety and Anesthesia Techniques

Dental Anxiety and Anesthesia Techniques is a research topic within Oral Surgery. Science Explorer counts 21k research works in it since 1950. 13.4% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.

This cluster of papers explores the prevalence, psychological factors, and management strategies related to dental anxiety in children, adolescents, and adults. It also delves into the pharmacological considerations and efficacy of local anesthetics, as well as the impact of anxiety on pain perception and quality of life in dental patients.

  • Dental Anxiety
  • Local Anesthetics
  • Pharmacological Considerations
  • Fear Management
  • Psychological Factors
  • Articaine Efficacy
  • Behavioral Interventions
  • Pain Perception
  • Quality of Life
  • Patient Management
Research works
21k
fractional, since 1950
In the world top 10%
2.8k
per year above
Top-10% rate
13.4%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2013–17 → 2018–22
+46%
the tick is no change

This ranks research output and citation impact. It says nothing about the quality of diagnosis, treatment or care.

Which countries lead Dental Anxiety and Anesthesia Techniques research?

By volume, India and the United States publish the most (746 and 477 works in 2022–2025).

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 India 746 works
  2. 2 United States 477 works
  3. 3 Brazil 456 works
  4. 4 Türkiye 320 works
  5. 5 China 227 works
  6. 6 Iran 196 works
  7. 7 Saudi Arabia 173 works
  8. 8 United Kingdom 169 works
  9. 9 Egypt 132 works
  10. 10 Pakistan 119 works

How concentrated that is

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India: 24.7%United States: 15.8%Brazil: 15.1%Türkiye: 10.6%6 others listed: 33.7%25%largest
India746 · 24.7%United States477 · 15.8%Brazil456 · 15.1%Türkiye320 · 10.6%6 others listed1,016 · 33.7%

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Which institutions lead Dental Anxiety and Anesthesia Techniques research?

By volume in 2022–2025, Saveetha University publishes the most Dental Anxiety and Anesthesia Techniques research, followed by Kamineni Institute of Dental Sciences and Universidade de São Paulo.

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Saveetha UniversityIndia 51 works
  2. 2 Kamineni Institute of Dental SciencesIndia 28 works
  3. 3 Universidade de São PauloBrazil 27 works
  4. 4 Cairo UniversityEgypt 26 works
  5. 5 Government Dental College and HospitalIndia 25 works
  6. 6 Ain Shams UniversityEgypt 20 works
  7. 7 King Abdulaziz UniversitySaudi Arabia 18 works
  8. 8 Datta Meghe Institute of Higher Education and ResearchIndia 18 works
  9. 9 Bharati Vidyapeeth Deemed UniversityIndia 18 works
  10. 10 Shahid Beheshti University of Medical SciencesIran 17 works

Where is Dental Anxiety and Anesthesia Techniques research done?

The largest centres of Dental Anxiety and Anesthesia Techniques research in 2022–2025 are Chennai (India), São Paulo (Brazil), Istanbul (Türkiye) and Tehran (Iran). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Nalgonda and Vadodara.

Largest cities, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Chennai India 114 works
  2. 2 São Paulo Brazil 89 works
  3. 3 Istanbul Türkiye 74 works
  4. 4 Tehran Iran 61 works
  5. 5 Riyadh Saudi Arabia 58 works
  6. 6 London United Kingdom 52 works
  7. 7 Cairo Egypt 43 works
  8. 8 Moscow Russia 41 works
  9. 9 Ankara Türkiye 41 works
  10. 10 Bengaluru India 39 works

Where it is the local speciality

  1. NalgondaIN · 28.1 works110×
  2. VadodaraIN · 20.5 works24×
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Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Dental Anxiety and Anesthesia Techniques than the world average.

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Where is the best place to study Dental Anxiety and Anesthesia Techniques?

Among universities, judged by research, Saveetha University, King Abdulaziz University and Damascus University score highest, combining excellence, specialisation, size, growth and international reach. Research strength is one signal when choosing where to study; it does not measure teaching.

0%20%40%mean 15.44%fractional works in this node (log) →share in the world top 10% →Saveetha University: 51, 10.4%King Abdulaziz University: 18, 19.6%Damascus University: 16, 26.1%Riyadh Elm University: 9, 10.5%University of Hong Kong: 12, 40.1%Alexandria University: 14, 14.8%Government Dental College and Hospital: 25, 0.9%Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences: 17, 12.4%Qassim University: 11, 17.1%Cairo University: 26, 2.5%Damascus UniversityKing Abdulaziz Unive…Riyadh Elm UniversitySaveetha University
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One dot per university in the table below. The upper left is the interesting corner: small places doing unusually strong work.

#UniversityScoreTop 10%SpecialisationWorksGrowth
1 Saveetha UniversityIndia 70.710.4%11.7×51 +382.1%
2 King Abdulaziz UniversitySaudi Arabia 62.219.6%7.5×18 +209.2%
3 Damascus UniversitySyria 61.226.1%44.7×16 —
4 Riyadh Elm UniversitySaudi Arabia 52.510.5%86.5×9 +173.2%
5 University of Hong KongHong Kong 51.240.1%3.1×12 +37.0%
6 Alexandria UniversityEgypt 50.614.8%6.6×14 +303.0%
7 Government Dental College and HospitalIndia 50.40.9%102.5×25 +139.7%
8 Shahid Beheshti University of Medical SciencesIran 50.412.4%10.9×17 +48.3%
9 Qassim UniversitySaudi Arabia 50.217.1%8.9×11 —
10 Cairo UniversityEgypt 49.62.5%7.3×26 +648.6%

Universities only. Score blends excellence (30%), specialisation (25%), size (20%), growth (15%) and international reach (10%), 2015–2022; growth compares 2010–14 with 2015–19.

Is Dental Anxiety and Anesthesia Techniques research growing?

Output in 2018–2022 was 46% higher than in 2013–2017, peaking in 2025. The fastest-growing topics are Dental Anxiety and Anesthesia Techniques.

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Which topics inside it are moving

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