The relevance of hypnosis and behavioural techniques in dentistry

Contemporary Hypnosis and Integrative Therapy

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 332-351

  Facco, Enrico ^a,b   Manani, Giovanni ^a   Zanette, Gastone ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^b Italian Center for Clinical and Experimental Hypnosis   (Italy)

Author keywords

Dentistry; Eye movement desensitization and reprocessing; Hypnosis; Iatrosedation; Neurolinguistic programming; Psychological tests

Indexed keywords

EID: 84884368518     PISSN: 20492146     EISSN: 20492154     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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