Dental Hypnosis Research Articles

Personality Styles of Hypnosis-Practicing Dentists: A Brief Report

ABSTRACT This cross-sectional study used the Personality Style and Disorder Inventory (PSDI) via the internet to examine personality styles of random hypnosis society sample groups (German Society of Dental Hypnosis [DGZH, n = 418] and Milton Erickson Society of Clinical Hypnosis Germany Listserv [MEG, n = 490]) and compared these data of hypnosis practitioners (HYP samples) with 2 control samples of persons not interested in hypnosis (NONHYP samples): 1,027 psychotherapists from DACH countries (Germany, Austria, and Switzerland) and 3,392 people of the normal population of Germany. Results show that HYP-DGZH dentists were much more intuitive/schizotypal (p < .001), unselfish/self-sacrificing (p < .001), charming/histrionic (p < .001) and optimistic/rhapsodic (p < .001) than the HYP-MEG sample. All HYP-DGZH dentists also showed significantly elevated levels in these four personality styles compared with the levels of the NONHYP-DACH psychotherapists (p < .001), and elevated levels in intuitive/schizotypal, unselfish/self-sacrificing, and optimistic/rhapsodic compared with the NONHYP normal population. The intuitive/schizotypal values of the HYP-DGZH dentists were predominant. Within the limitations of the study, the presence of a specific personality profile in random samples of dentists who use hypnosis and are members of a professional hypnosis society suggests that a “homo hypnoticus” might also exist among dentists. However, this needs to be investigated in more detail.

Q-EEG map of parietal and frontal lobes out of brain waves recording during dental hypnosis practice

Introduction: A patient with fear and anxiety is a common case to deal with for a dentist, therefore, dental hypnosis has been widely used to ease this situation. In a hypnotized state, the human brain may easily accept any suggestion. This is projected in the brain waves. Electroencephalograph (EEG) is a brain wave recording device, reflecting several states of consciousness. Beta for conscious, alpha and theta for subconscious, and delta for sleep. Dental hypnosis puts down beta waves to alpha or theta. Quantitative Electroencephalography (Q-EEG) or brain mapping is a comprehensive analysis of (Electroencephalography, EEG) in a colored topographic map, reflecting the brain's electrical activity. The objective of this article was reporting the parietal and frontal lobes activity during dental hypnosis based on the Q-EEG mapping. Methods: The research applied a quantitative research method using observatory study. The sample was taken with an accidental sampling method, with inclusion criteria, patients with dental anxiety and exclusion criteria was patients with special need and high level of dental anxiety. Data of the EEG records was taken in January-March 2018, and processed after in Pramita laboratorium Bandung. Results: Parietal lobe affected more during the inducement than temporal lobe. During dental hypnosis, the hypnotic markers (theta and alpha states) observed from the EEG were found to be more reactive. Conclusion: Dental hypnosis effects can be observed easily using Quantitative Electroencephalography method. Dental hypnosis affects brainwaves and brain mapping which indicate relaxations of brain waves especially on parietal lobes.

Effectiveness test of dental hypnosis monitoring device

Introduction: Dental hypnosis monitoring device is an innovative device due to the Student Creativity Program Universitas Padjadjaran. The device can monitor a patient's consciousness by monitoring the brain wave level so that dentists can determine what steps to take when handling a patient. The effectiveness of this device has not been tested yet. This study was aimed to determine the effectiveness of the dental hypnosis monitoring device. Methods: A descriptive study was conducted on this study population, all the patients of Universitas Padjadjaran Dental Hospital (RSGM Unpad) who filled out the MDAS questionnaire. The sample criteria were people with moderate to high MDAS score and aged 17 years or above. Twenty-four people were obtained through consecutive sampling in one day. The study was held at Universitas Padjadjaran Dental Hospital by comparing the dental hypnosis monitoring device's performance with opinion from the dental hypnosis expert. Results: The overall success rate for the dental hypnosis monitoring device's effectiveness was 100% since the LED was always lit green during the hypnosis session, which was following the dental hypnosis expert assessment during processes. Conclusion: The effectiveness of the dental hypnosis monitoring device was proven to be 100% effective.

Acoustic parameters used in dental hypnosis practices

Dental hypnosis has been reported in many journals as a science since James Braid used hypnosis term in his publication in 18th century. Recent research supports the view that hypnotic communication and suggestions effectively changes aspects of the person’s physiological and neurological functions and can enhance the efficacy of various treatment interventions in dentistry. So, the dental hypnosis is truly science not a black magic. The acoustic parameter expression is a tool consisted of three parameters that are duration, pitch and intensity that is used to measure how effective the special sentences/phrases can bring the people consciousness state to unconsciousness state by giving some suggestion. It works by modifying people mind to change their fear of dental treatment for example, to be a contrary condition.

Functional changes in brain activity after hypnosis in patients with dental phobia

Visiting the dentist is often accompanied by apprehension or anxiety. People, who suffer from specific dental phobia (a disproportional fear of dental) procedures show psychological and physiological symptoms which make dental treatments difficult or impossible. For such purposes, hypnosis is often used in dental practice as an alternative for a number of treatments adjuvant or instead of sedation or general anaesthetics, as medication is often associated with risks and side effects. This is the first study to address the effects of a brief dental hypnosis on the fear processing structures of the brain in dental phobics using functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI). 12 dental phobics (DP; mean 34.9years) and 12 healthy controls (CO; mean 33.2years) were scanned with a 3T MRI whole body-scanner observing brain activity changes after a brief hypnotic invervention. An fMRI event-related design symptom provocation task applying animated audio-visual pseudorandomized strong phobic stimuli was presented in order to maximize the fearful reactions during scanning. Control videos showed the use of familiar electronic household equipment.In DP group, main effects of fear condition were found in the left amygdala and bilaterally in the anterior cingulate cortex (ACC), insula and hippocampu (R<L). During hypnosis DP showed a significantly reduced activation in all of these areas. Reduced neural activity patterns were also found in the control group. No amygdala activation was detected in healthy subjects in the two experimental conditions. Compared to DP, CO showed less bilateral activation in the insula and ACC in the awake condition. Findings show that anxiety-provoking stimuli such as undergoing dental surgery, endodontic treatments or insufficient anaesthetics, can be effectively reduced under hypnosis. The present study gives scientific evidence that hypnosis is a powerful and successful method for inhibiting the reaction of the fear circuitry structures.

Cultivating a “Chairside Manner”: Dental Hypnosis, Patient Management Psychology, and the Origins of Behavioral Dentistry in America, 1890–1910

Discussions regarding the use of hypnotism in dentistry featured prominently in dental journals and society proceedings during the decades around the turn of the twentieth century. Many dentists used hypnotic suggestion either as the sole anesthetic for extractions or in conjunction with local and general anesthetics for excavation and cavity filling. With the heralding of humanitarian dentistry and improved local anesthesia around 1905, a number of dentists advocated using suggestion psychology to calm nervous patients and increase their comfort and satisfaction levels while undergoing dental procedures. The practice of hypnotic suggestion with local and general anesthesia in providing patients with increasingly painless procedures constituted the earliest variety of behavioral dentistry, a discipline not fully developed until the closing decades of the twentieth century. Hypnosis and suggestion became driving forces for psychological applications in the formative years of behavioral dentistry.

Proceedings of the British society of experimental and clinical hypnosis 17th annual conference, 18–19 May 2000, Dartington hall, Devon. Held jointly with the British society of medical and dental hypnosis

Contemporary HypnosisVolume 17, Issue 4 p. 216-222 Conference Proceedings of the British society of experimental and clinical hypnosis 17th annual conference, 18–19 May 2000, Dartington hall, Devon. Held jointly with the British society of medical and dental hypnosis First published: 23 February 2006 https://doi.org/10.1002/ch.209AboutPDF ToolsRequest permissionExport citationAdd to favoritesTrack citation ShareShare Give accessShare full text accessShare full-text accessPlease review our Terms and Conditions of Use and check box below to share full-text version of article.I have read and accept the Wiley Online Library Terms and Conditions of UseShareable LinkUse the link below to share a full-text version of this article with your friends and colleagues. Learn more.Copy URL Share a linkShare onFacebookTwitterLinked InRedditWechat Volume17, Issue4December 2000Pages 216-222 RelatedInformation

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Education in Hypnosis

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The author of Medical and Dental Hypnosis is a practicing English psychiatrist with wide experience in general medicine. He addresses himself primarily to the general practitioner who wishes to use hypnotic techniques in his daily practice, but does not know where and how to begin. On this side of the Atlantic, where specialization is much more common than in Great Britain, members of all branches of medicine may profitably read this book, and even the psychiatrist or psychotherapist will find valuable information in it. While no complete substitute for attending hypnosis workshops and practices, or better still, individual instruction, the book goes a long way to provide the reader with knowledge of the theoretical background and applicability of hypnotic treatment. Unlike many otherwise good books and treatises on hypnosis, it is distinguished by a step-by-step description of induction and deepening procedures. Suggestions

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Emotional relationships during dental hypnosis.