Hypnosis is defined as a condition that increases mental focus. This method, which has been used for many years in the field of medicine, helps patients to relax and adapt to treatment in dentistry.
Anxiety can be controlled
Dr. Lecturer. Member Hüseyin Özkan stated that hypnosis can make the treatment process more comfortable by reducing anxiety in individuals who experience dentophobia, especially dentophobia. Emphasizing that hypnotic suggestions help to relax and adapt to treatment, Özkan said that hypnosis can also reduce the need for local anesthesia by raising the pain threshold.
Özkan, “Scientific research, hypnosis patients in patients with stress hormones, the rate of heart rate balance and patients show that the treatment process better,” he said, the hypnosis method made the treatment process more comfortable.
Hypnosis method is more effective in some patient groups
Özkan stated that hypnosis is more effective especially in certain patient groups, and that this method may facilitate the treatment process by reducing anxiety in individuals who have fear of dentist, and that it can provide a more comfortable experience by changing the perception of pain in patients with low pain threshold. He also stressed that this reflex can help suppress suppressing in patients with nausea reflex, support pain control in individuals with local anesthesia and contribute to the management of these problems with the conscious suggestions in patients with tooth squeezing (bruxism) problems.
More comfortable treatment is possible
Hypnosis not only reduces anxiety; It also provides many advantages in dental treatments. Patients can cooperate more easily, can be controlled by nausea reflex, and treatment processes can progress faster.
However, everyone’s predisposition to hypnosis is not the same. According to research, approximately 10-15 %of the society is extremely sensitive to hypnosis, while 70 %react to moderate. 10-15 %can be resistant to hypnosis. In addition, hypnosis is not recommended in individuals with advanced psychiatric discomfort or dissociative disorder.
Scientific research in recent years shows that hypnosis reduces patients’ pain and anxiety levels by up to 70 %in dental treatments. Hypnosis, which is offered as an alternative or supportive option to traditional methods, promises a more comfortable treatment process by eliminating the fear of the dentist.
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