Procedural hypnosis: a powerful tool for reducing stress, anxiety and pain in clinical dental care

Abstract

Dealing with stress, negative feedback and unrealistic demands can be a daunting experience for the dental healthcare team, potentially resulting in job dissatisfaction and reduced performance levels. Learning how to cope with stressful situations and associated circumstances by developing advanced rapport skills in interventional healthcare can help in the management of stressful situations in dental practice. These skills can also help to decrease anxiety and level of pain experienced by the patient. This article outlines how stressful encounters can be managed in the dental practice environment by applying hypnotic techniques for anxious and stressed patients to better cope with dental interventions.