Yet Another New Technique To Help Fearful Patients
Modern dentistry is a 3-pronged profession it seems nowadays. First of all, research is performed regularly to find new treatments; second is education with particular reference to preventive dentistry and third involves finding ways to help fearful patients.
This latter perspective has been gaining ground lately with a number of remedies suggested. The latest idea is a nasal spray. Trials were carried out in the USA using a spray equivalent (presumably in dosage) to the oral injections used by practitioners.
Seemingly the trials were a success, leading experts to believe, in the USA at least, that permission will be granted for widespread use later this year.
Speaking about this latest piece of research one of the lead scientists told reporters: “It could change the whole way many receive dental treatments.”
Dr Ciancio added that he believed the nasal spray is likely to appeal to those patients who fear injections.
He continued: “Even if it bothers you to have something sprayed in your nose, I think it would bother you less than having an injection.”
Over the last few years a variety of techniques have been devised ranging from medical to psychological, to try to alleviate symptoms of stress in patients.
However although the nasal spray is a useful addition it still doesn’t solve the problem of dental phobia experienced by a relatively large number of the population.
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