title: Relaxation and hypnosis in pediatric dental patients.
abstract: Relaxation and hypnosis are methods which, may solve the problem of extreme dental anxiety, when all other methods, behavioral or pharmacological may not be used. A simple definition of hypnosis is suggestion and repetition. Suggestion is the process whereby an individual accepts a proposition put to him by another, without having the slightest logical reason for doing so. Relaxation is one method of inducing hypnosis. A case of using hypnosis on an 11-year-old boy is described.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatric Dentistry, Hadassah Faculty of Dental Medicine, Jerusalem, Israel.
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Peretz
mesh_terms: D002648:Child; D016854:Dental Anxiety / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy*; D019140:Dental Care for Children / Q000379:methods*; D003793:Dental Restoration, Permanent / Q000009:adverse effects; D003812:Dentist-Patient Relations; D006801:Humans; D006992:Hypnosis, Dental; D008297:Male; D012064:Relaxation Therapy; D013404:Suggestion