Majority of dental patients reveal a great anxiety and fear during routine stomatological procedures. Even a medi− cal treatment of the oral region under local anaesthesia is causing intense anxiety. Such attitude of some patients to stomatological procedures is a cause of their irregular visits in dental clinics, which, in consequence, may lead to increase more severe forms of dental diseases....

Clinical hypnosis has been defined as a mind-body therapy that involves a deeply relaxed state, individualized mental imagery, and therapeutic suggestion. Clinical hypnosis has a very long history, with reports of medical application dating back to the 18th century. Some have suggested that there is even evidence for the use of clinical hypnosis since ancient times, with inscriptions of hypnoti...

The aim of the present study was to assess the efficiency of conscious hypnosis on patient cooperation. The subjects were 30 patients (14 females and 16 males) with a skeletal Class II division 1 malocclusion, divided into two equal groups, a control and a study group. The mean age was 10.78 +/- 1.06 years for the hypnosis, and 10.07 +/- 1.09 years for the control group. Both groups were treate...

Hypnosis was recognized as a legitimate medical tool by the British Medical Society in 1955 and by the American Medical Association in 1958. Furthermore, it has been reported as a useful part of the treatment of medical issues including asthma, burns, chest pain, child birth, hypertension, irritable bowel syndrome, insomnia, obesity, smoking cessation, stress-related and migraine headaches, and...