Gerschman J A, Wikström P O
Swed Dent J. 1984;8(5):225-30.
Reports of the use of acupuncture in the extraction of teeth date back to 1958. There have been many conflicting findings relating to the efficacy of dental acupuncture with few effective controlled studies evaluating these claims. It is clear however that acupuncture analgesia which is adequate for dental extractions may be produced in some individuals. Patients with atopic diseases have in common an inherited predisposition to develop hypersensitivity to allergens in the environment which are harmless to most people. Atopic diseases include common human allergic disorders such as hayfever, asthma, eczema, urticaria, gastro-intestinal food reactions as well as rarer conditions. It has been reported that acupuncture may be of advantage in such individuals who may be hypersensitive to routine methods of producing analgesia. A case is described of the use of acupuncture analgesia in an atopic individual who was being managed by the department of oral surgery, Danderyds Hospital. Two lower molar teeth were successfully surgically extracted. The case is described in detail and recommendations are made for further research and clinical use of acupuncture analgesia.
关于在拔牙过程中使用针灸的报道可追溯到1958年。关于牙科针灸的疗效存在许多相互矛盾的研究结果，很少有有效的对照研究来评估这些说法。然而，很明显，在一些个体中可以产生足以用于拔牙的针刺镇痛效果。患有特应性疾病的患者有一个共同特点，即具有遗传易感性，会对环境中的过敏原产生过敏反应，而这些过敏原对大多数人是无害的。特应性疾病包括常见的人类过敏性疾病，如花粉热、哮喘、湿疹、荨麻疹、胃肠道食物反应以及一些罕见病症。据报道，对于那些可能对常规镇痛方法过敏的个体，针灸可能具有优势。本文描述了一位由丹德吕德医院口腔外科治疗的特应性个体使用针刺镇痛的病例。两颗下颌磨牙成功地通过手术拔除。本文详细描述了该病例，并对针刺镇痛的进一步研究和临床应用提出了建议。
