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Neurophysiologic and long-term effects of clinical hypnosis in oral and maxillofacial treatment--a comparative interdisciplinary clinical study.

Eitner S, Wichmann M, Schultze-Mosgau S, Schlegel A, Leher A, Heckmann J, Heckmann S, Holst S

Department of Prosthodontics, Friedrich Alexander University, Erlangen-Nuremberg, Germany. seitner@prothetik-erlangen.de

This prospective comparative clinical study evaluated the effectiveness of clinical hypnosis and its long-term effect in oral and maxillofacial treatment. A total of 45 highly anxious and nonanxious subjects were evaluated by subjective experience and objective parameters. Parameters were EEG, ECG, heart rate, blood pressure, blood oxygen saturation, respiration rate, salivary cortisol concentration, and body temperature. During and subsequent to the operative treatment, hypnosis led to a significant reduction of systolic blood pressure, and respiration rate and to significant changes in the EEG. The subjective values of the parameters evaluated existing anxiety mechanisms and patterns and possible strategies to control them, whereas the objective parameters proved the effectiveness of hypnosis and its long-term effect.

Published 4 September 2006 in Int J Clin Exp Hypn, 54(4): 457-79.
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