Effectiveness of hypnosis on pain and anxiety in dentistry: Narrative review.
Julio José SilvaJoyce Da SilvaLuiz Felipe Ferreira de SouzaDanúbia da Cunha de Sá CaputoCelia Martins CortezLaisa Liane Paineiras-DomingosMário Bernardo-FilhoPublished in: The American journal of clinical hypnosis (2022)
Hypnosis presents an auxiliary adjunct in medical, dental, physiotherapeutic, and other clinical fields. This narrative review verified the effect of hypnosis in the control of pain and anxiety in dentistry. It presents the importance and effectiveness of hypnosis to aid dental procedures. It´s use in dentistry allows a wide range of applications such as sedation, analgesia, anesthesia, and hemostasis to facilitate treatment and improve the experience of dental care for dental patients. A discussion about the regulation of hypnosis in dentistry in Brazil, the attributions of dentists qualified in hypnosis, as well as the benefits of application based on evidence of hypnosis in dentistry, and the need for certification by hypnosis practitioners due to the possible risks inherent to the use of hypnosis are presented. Hypnosis is useful in the management of pain and anxiety in dentistry, when the dental practitioner is adequately experienced in this modality and the patients are carefully selected.
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