How Hypnotherapy Can Be Instrumental In Treating Dental Phobia

Does the thought of going to a dentist make your nervous? You are not alone! According to a survey, it was revealed that 9 to 15 percent of Americans avoid going to the dentist due to fear and anxiety.

This makes up about 30 to 40 million people, which means that the phenomenon is quite prevalent in the population.

Whether it is the negative past experiences with a dentist (dentists are generally good people though!), the phobia of needles, or embarrassment, avoiding visiting a dentist is not a solution. It can not only lead to severe teeth condition, but can also prove very costly as the situation deteriorates over time.

How Hypnotherapy Can Help

Hypnotherapy has proved to be a successful form of treatment over the years. With a power to communicate with the subconscious mind, this method of treatment can successfully treat all kinds of fears and anxieties, including dental phobia.

However, it must be remembered that hypnotherapy must only be performed by a professionally trained hypnotherapist.

Here, we’ve outlined some ways hypnotherapy can be effective in treating patients with dental phobia. Keep reading to find out:

Positively Suggesting The Subconscious

It has been known for some time now that all our irrational fears and phobias are found in our subconscious. In hypnotherapy, the patient goes into a trance or a very calmed state. With positive suggestion in this calmed state, this irrational fear can be minimized to a great degree.

Using Hypno-desensitization

With roots in the behavioral school of thought, systematic desensitization works by exposing patients systematically with least threatening situations to more fearful ones. The assumption is that, with repeated exposure, patients get comfortable with the threatening stimuli. With hypno-desensitization, patients are made to imagine threatening situations in a trance like state. This method provides the same results as exposure therapy, but without its harmful consequences.

Making Use Of Meditation And Other Relaxation Techniques

The success of a particular form of treatment is determined by how dynamic it can be. Hypnotherapy can be used in conjunction with meditation and other relaxation techniques to give patients a calm sense of confidence. They can then exhibit this learnt skill at the dentist’s clinic and overcome their fear.

It is this power of hypnotherapy to heal that has made it such a successful phenomenon. Hypnotherapist, Rekha Shrivastava, has been a proponent of this method of treatment in Rochester, New York for 20 years now.

From treating anxiety before going to the dentist to pain management after treatment, she has got a vast repertoire of hypnotherapeutic skills. Contact us to know more about Blossom Hypnotherapy.