Griffiths Mark
Dent Update. 2014 Jan-Feb;41(1):78-80, 83. doi: 10.12968/denu.2014.41.1.78.
Dental anxiety can be a hindrance to treatment. It is prevalent, so helping patients to overcome it should not be regarded as the province of a specialist. Hypnosis can be effective but is underused. A comparison of the conscious, alert state and hypnosis/nitrous oxide sedation is shown by electroencephalogram examples. The benefits and drawbacks of the use of hypnosis are discussed and suggestions of ways of learning and using hypnosis outlined.
This paper is an overview of the common problem of dental anxiety and a pragmatic approach to overcoming it using hypnotherapy.
牙科焦虑可能会妨碍治疗。它很普遍，因此帮助患者克服它不应被视为专科医生的专属领域。催眠可能有效，但未得到充分利用。脑电图示例展示了清醒警觉状态与催眠/笑气镇静的比较。讨论了使用催眠的利弊，并概述了学习和使用催眠方法的建议。
本文是对牙科焦虑这一常见问题的概述，以及使用催眠疗法克服它的务实方法。
