A Simple Technique to Manage Anxiety During Tooth Extraction

Pain-free dental treatment is important for reducing anxiety, treatment completion, and enhancing acceptance of future dental treatment. Injectable local anesthesia assists this pain-free approach but can cause anxiety in few patients. Achieving proper anesthesia is important to complete the procedu...

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Published in:Curēus (Palo Alto, CA) CA), 2022-09, Vol.14 (9), p.e29275
Main Authors: Kunusoth, Ramesh, Colvenkar, Shreya, Alwala, Aditya Mohan, Bharadwaj, Sneha, Boyapati, Ramanarayana
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Anxiety
Blood pressure
Case reports
Dentistry
Fear & phobias
Heart rate
Local anesthesia
Maxillofacial surgery
Medical Education
Meditation
Pain
Patients
Prosthodontics
Psychology
Tooth extractions
Virtual reality
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Summary:Pain-free dental treatment is important for reducing anxiety, treatment completion, and enhancing acceptance of future dental treatment. Injectable local anesthesia assists this pain-free approach but can cause anxiety in few patients. Achieving proper anesthesia is important to complete the procedure successfully, thereby adding to patient's care and comfort. This article describes a simple technique to manage dental anxiety using virtual reality headset. Audio visual aid helped the patient to relax and eliminate the phobia of local anesthesia injection during surgical tooth extraction. The simple technique enhanced the patient's ability to continue the dental procedure.
ISSN:2168-8184
2168-8184
DOI:10.7759/cureus.29275