Comparison of perceived stress and oral health status using perceived stress scale and DMFT index between healthy, undiagnosed hypertensive, and known hypertensive dental patients

Saira Atif; Uffaq Syed; Musarat Rafiq; Ateeb Fatima; Sadia Rana; Madiha Tariq

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0311645

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Comparison of perceived stress and oral health status using perceived stress scale and DMFT index between healthy, undiagnosed hypertensive, and known hypertensive dental patients

Saira Atif ,

Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Methodology, Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

* E-mail: sairaamin80@gmail.com

Affiliations Combined Military Hospital Lahore Medical College & Institute of Dentistry, Lahore, Pakistan, National University of Medical Sciences, Rawalpindi, Pakistan

https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9794-1020

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Uffaq Syed,

Roles Data curation, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – original draft

Affiliations Combined Military Hospital Lahore Medical College & Institute of Dentistry, Lahore, Pakistan, National University of Medical Sciences, Rawalpindi, Pakistan

https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3564-3327

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Musarat Rafiq,

Roles Data curation, Writing – original draft

Affiliations Combined Military Hospital Lahore Medical College & Institute of Dentistry, Lahore, Pakistan, National University of Medical Sciences, Rawalpindi, Pakistan
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Ateeb Fatima,

Roles Data curation, Writing – original draft

Affiliations Combined Military Hospital Lahore Medical College & Institute of Dentistry, Lahore, Pakistan, National University of Medical Sciences, Rawalpindi, Pakistan
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Sadia Rana,

Roles Formal analysis, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Sharif Medical & Dental College, Lahore, Pakistan
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Madiha Tariq

Roles Writing – original draft

Affiliations Combined Military Hospital Lahore Medical College & Institute of Dentistry, Lahore, Pakistan, National University of Medical Sciences, Rawalpindi, Pakistan

https://orcid.org/0009-0003-3145-6684

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Comparison of perceived stress and oral health status using perceived stress scale and DMFT index between healthy, undiagnosed hypertensive, and known hypertensive dental patients

Saira Atif,
Uffaq Syed,
Musarat Rafiq,
Ateeb Fatima,
Sadia Rana,
Madiha Tariq

Published: October 10, 2024
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0311645

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