Hypnosis with a 31-year-old female with dental phobia requiring an emergency extraction

Contemporary Hypnosis

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 83-91

  Gow, Michael A ^a  

^a Tigh A Gobha   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Dental anxiety management; Dental hypnosis; Dental phobia; Emergency hypnosis; Needle desensitization; Pain control

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN; IBUPROFEN;

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DEMOGRAPHY; DENTAL ANXIETY; DENTAL CARE; DESENSITIZATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HYPNOSIS; INFECTION CONTROL; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PHOBIA; QUESTIONNAIRE; STRESS MANAGEMENT; SYMPTOM; TOOTH EXTRACTION; TOOTH INFECTION; TOOTH PAIN; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 34250628322     PISSN: 09605290     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ch.312     Document Type: Article

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