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Is music an effective tool to decrease anxiety in dental patients?

Is music an effective tool to decrease anxiety in dental patients?. Why is this important?. 9% to 15% of Americans avoid seeing the dentist because of anxiety and fear (Columbia University College of Dental Medicine).

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Is music an effective tool to decrease anxiety in dental patients?

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  1. Is music an effective tool to decrease anxiety in dental patients?

  2. Why is this important? • 9% to 15% of Americans avoid seeing the dentist because of anxiety and fear (Columbia University College of Dental Medicine). • 36% of those who didn't see a dentist regularly said that fear was the main reason (Columbia University College of Dental Medicine).

  3. Dental Anxiety vs. Dental Phobia • Dental anxiety: • Psychological response to a dental stimulus (or potential stimulus) • Dental phobia: • Panic attack • Excessive fear • Interferes with normal functioning

  4. Causes • Pain • Helplessness/loss of control • Embarrassment • Negative past experiences

  5. How can the cycle be broken?

  6. How can it be treated using the arts?

  7. Music distraction vs. brief relaxation • Music distraction: listened to music during the procedure • Brief relaxation: focused on functional releaxation • “It is based on a widely held perception that in a dental setting, music can reduce pain and anxiety, which are linked closely and lead to a mutual amplification” (Lahmann 4).

  8. Music distraction in pediatric patients

  9. SO WHAT?

  10. Are there any ethical issues involved when it comes to distracting patients during medical/dental procedures? • “The power of music to move us is something quite special as an artistic phenomenon” (Copland 9). • What do you think are the most effective ways to address anxiety at the dentist’s office or any other healthcare setting? • How does this impact the dentist/patient relationship?

  11. Works Cited • http://blog.smilesfirst.com/wp-content/uploads/LIKE-this-if-you-love-listening-to-music-while-in-the-dentists-chair.jpg • http://www.st-andrews.ac.uk/dentalanxiety/faq/ • http://www.identalhub.com/userfiles/image/Dental%20Anxiety%20pic2.jpg • http://search.proquest.com/docview/1242006204 • http://www.researchgate.net/publication/5541080_Brief_relaxation_versus_music_distraction_in_the_treatment_of_dental_anxiety_a_randomized_controlled_clinical_trial • http://www.silenceofmusic.com/pdf/dentists.pdf • http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6231/6312760311_96df7bf8ae_z.jpg • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mQ54aXDkVRE

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