Sedation Dentistry through Hypnosis?
Patient Skips Anesthesia, Undergoes Hypnosis To Have Jaw Drilled At Dentist
Sedation dentistry is big business these days, with patients eager to avoid both dental pain and full dental anesthesia. Could hypnosis be another solution?
A 45-year-old UK woman had her two front teeth replaced with dental implants using no anesthetic whatsoever. Her treatment is the subject of the BBC documentary “Alternative Therapies.”
She was hypnotized by Mike Gow, president of the British Society of Medical and Dental Hypnosis before receiving treatment from a cosmetic dentist. Anesthesia was available should the patient have needed it at any time, but her self-reported pain levels never rose above a three out of a scale of ten. Her pulse also remained steady during her dental implant treatment.
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