ABSTRACT
Even professional persons frequently become confused about what dentists achieve with hypnosis as compared with what they can achieve with drugs. It is true that sedation can be accomplished chemically. But there has never yet been a chemical that can re-educate the patient, help him to respond more positively to dental treatment. Many dentists use drugs to get the patient into a relaxed condition, and must continue to use drugs each time the patient returns. After employing hypnosis for five or six sessions, however, a dentist frequently finds that the patient no longer needs it (hypnosis). He has learned a new pattern of response to the stimulus of dental treatment.
