Hypnodentistery

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Comment by Philippe MIRAS on May 14, 2012 at 11:48am

Thaks Donald;)

Comment by Donald Pelles on May 14, 2012 at 8:14am

Janet Crain - www.janetcrain.com - teaches a mouth stretching exercise, which is alternated with relaxation, and a clenching - relaxing exercise.  She also has one for in the car, when you come to a stoplight.  You assign the client to do all of these regularly.  In addition, reinforce these with hypnosis, along with suggestions to bring the clenching and grinding into awareness and transform that "negative energy" into "positive energy," such as clenching and unclenching a fist (which works out the arm muscles).  I also work to resolve the underlying stress and anxiety.

Comment by Jane Govoni on May 10, 2012 at 10:12am

My husband is a dentist and it was the reason I became a hypnotis in 1978! I he had a patient that was very anxious no matter what procedure he was having done. This would manifest by his whole body heating up. When the patient was scheduled to have a wisdom tooth removed I was called. I created a trance with the idea that he was skiing in the mountains. All the time the oral surgery was being performed his feet moved from side to side and his skin was cool to the touch.

Comment by Seth-Deborah Roth on May 10, 2012 at 8:56am

I have used hypnosis during many surgeries and dental procedures. In one  jaw surgery, I was on the beach listening with my MP3 to my hypnosis intra-op MP3 (I have on my web site) when the local anesthetic wore off in the middle of the 2.5 hr  procedure. You just dissociate and go somewhere else. Basic hypnosis pain skills. I further focused to a specific beach on Hawaii (used the surgical lamp as the sun). I was able to obtain the "Hidden Observer" that Hilgard describes in his book "Hypnosis In The Relief Of Pain". I could "feel" the suturing but no pain. Just observation.

Comment by Philippe MIRAS on May 10, 2012 at 6:23am

could you expand on the janet Crains's protocol?

Merci ;)

Comment by Donald Pelles on May 10, 2012 at 4:51am

I work with people suffering from bruxism (clenching and grinding of teeth), using Janet Crain's protocol and addressing the underlying anxiety in several ways.

Personally, I've trained myself to go into la la land whenever I sit down in the dentist's chair.   I'm "there" just enough that when they say "open your mouth wider" I can respond.  I can teach others to do the same.

Comment by José Rosa on May 9, 2012 at 1:25pm

Hello! Has anyone around here used/experienced hypnosis during a dental treatment? How? I have read a lot about the application of hypnosis in dentistry, but i would like to have a personal feedback

Comment by Pushpa Narayan on January 8, 2012 at 4:03pm

So glad to find this group.  I undertook hypnotherapy for pain management about 18 months ago and would really like to expand this part of my practise.

Comment by Lee Evans on May 30, 2011 at 12:37pm

Hello everyone,

I am happy to find this group.  I am a hypnotherapist trained by Dr John butler at the Hypnotherapy Training Institute of Britain.  I am particularly interested in the targeted use of the human mind to produce anaesthetic in the body which is clearly very advantageous for the dentistry community.  I have two videos on you tube, one demonstrating post surgical hypnoanalgesia and one using self hypnosis for a deep filling restoration.  You can watch the latest one at the link below.  I look forward to participating in further discussion,

http://http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=imTA-Fd7D-g

 

Take care,

 

lee

Comment by Christina Cole on February 26, 2011 at 6:41pm

I am so excited to find this group.  I am a Registered Dental Assistant, and one of my goals is to help dental patients.  I am not currently working as an RDA due to MCS, Multiple Chemical Sensitivity, but I would love to utilize my training and experience to help medical patients.

The most favorite part of assisting was working with the nervous patient both young and old.  I was able to talk a two year old into laying down for me so I could clean their teeth, and ease adults into trusting their new dentist and relieving their fear of the treatment.  It was so rewarding.

I figure after my initial training for hypnotherapy, I would take another class specializing in medical/dental.

 

Michael, do we need to travel to you for your class?  I'm in San Diego.

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