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OBJECTIVE To investigate the relationship between anxiety and hemodynamic changes in patients who have undergone impacted third molar surgery under local anaesthesia. STUDY DESIGN Observational clinical study. PLACE AND DURATION OF STUDY Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Faculty of Dentistry, Gazi University, Ankara, Turkey, from January 2018 to December 2019. METHODOLOGY Normotensive patients aged over 18 years, not using antidepressant medicine and ASA I included. A total of 83 patients were monitored and operated on for impacted third molar surgery. Blood pressure, pulse, and oxygen saturation values of the patients were noted at eight different stages during the surgery. Only the mesioangular impacted lower third molars of the patients were removed by a surgical operation. STAI forms were given before the operation. RESULTS There is a significant difference between values of blood pressure, pulse, and oxygen saturation and gender (p<0.05). However, there was found to be an increased blood pressure in male patients while an increase in pulse and oxygen saturation was observed in female patients (p<0.05). CONCLUSION Male patients were more concerned than female patients by having higher blood pressure which may cause longer postoperative bleeding. KEY WORDS Anxiety, Impacted third molars, Dental surgery, Hemodynamic changes.