Caries treatment in a four-year-old boy using hypnosis – a case report

Wolf, Thomas Gerhard; Kellerhoff, Katharina Nadja; Schmierer, Albrecht; Schmierer, Gudrun; Halsband, Ulrike (2021). Caries treatment in a four-year-old boy using hypnosis – a case report. American journal of clinical hypnosis, 63(3), pp. 217-228. Taylor & Francis 10.1080/00029157.2020.1797624

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This clinical case report demonstrates the successful application of hypnosis in an anxious four-year-old boy in whom two primary molars were treated with a composite filling. The almost 16-minute pediatric dental treatment was performed without complications and without interruptions. It could be shown that hypnosis can be used for the pediatric dental treatment of decayed primary tooth lesions. In the specific individual case hypnosis was not only used adjuvant but as an alternative to local anesthesia. A dental anxiety reducing effect and an elimination of pain perception were observed, so that the treatment was possible without anesthesia. It was also found that the commu- nication and rapport between the practitioner and the four-year-old child were improved using hypnosis. There is still a need for high quality studies on the numerous positive effects that hypnosis has on pediatric dental treatment.

Item Type:	Journal Article (Further Contribution)
Division/Institute:	04 Faculty of Medicine > School of Dental Medicine > Department of Preventive, Restorative and Pediatric Dentistry
UniBE Contributor:	Wolf, Thomas Gerhard
Subjects:	600 Technology > 610 Medicine & health
ISSN:	2160-0562
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Language:	English
Submitter:	Thomas Gerhard Wolf
Date Deposited:	03 Jan 2022 11:20
Last Modified:	05 Dec 2022 15:55
Publisher DOI:	10.1080/00029157.2020.1797624
PubMed ID:	33617427
Uncontrolled Keywords:	Caries; dental fear; filling therapy; hypnosis; local anesthesia; pediatric dentistry; primary teeth
URI:	https://boris.unibe.ch/id/eprint/162071