109 - Hypnosis in Dentistry


This course will give you a working knowledge of hypnosis. You will learn a few induction techniques, be able to take your patients into a hypnotic state and reduce their fear of dentistry. The philosophies expressed here are not essential to creating hypnosis in the patient. It is only an attempt to explain how it happens.


What is Hypnosis?

There are many definitions of hypnosis. None of them accurately define it, because no one really understands it. We know it works, but the degree will vary widely. Some people go under hypnosis very easy and deep while others have difficulty obtaining a mild state of hypnosis. The degree of sensitivity determines the degree of how deep the person will go into hypnosis.

We are all in a state of hypnosis. The stronger personalities have a stronger grip on this reality and this state of hypnosis while the more sensitive people can slip out of this reality and enter another one. Hypnosis is a change in realities from our present....