Background: Psychological distress is associated with sleep disturbances; however there is little research on sleep quality in dental anxiety (DA) patients.
Objectives: To measure the sleep quality in patients with DA compared to patients with an exacerbated gag reflex (GAG) and controls and to analyze its association with various demographic and behavioral parameters.
Methods: 67 DA patients, 54 GAG patients and 100 controls with no history of DA or GAG participated in the study.