The World Congress of Hypnodontics held in Mashhad

The World Congress of Hypnodontics was held on September 29^th at Mashhad, featuring almost 500 dentists, specialists in dental sciences and other related fields specialists such as anesthesia, psychiatrists and psychologists from Iran and other countries.

According to WebDa, the World Congress on Hypnodontics was held in Mashhad on September 28^th -30^th hosted by Mashhad University of Medical Sciences with the cooperation of Iran Hypnotism Association.

In the ceremony of the congress, Dr. Ali Sharifi, the president of the board of directors of Iran Hypnotism Association asserted: hypnotism is a natural human phenomenon without any unusual things involved such that we are routinely and constantly involved with hypnotism and get medical advantages of the very phenomenon”.

Indicating that there are abundant examples of hypnosis in our daily lives, Dr. Sharifi pointed out that one of the examples is being drowned into and infatuated by watching movies or listening to music while studying while you are drowned in mental activities while watching the movie or studying.

As he put it, "you are drowned in anticipation and other things, and your mind is ignorant of its surroundings to a great extent. This is the very hypnotism we are talking about".

Dr. Sharifi explained that hypnotism is automatically happening in our routine lives. For some people, there are more occurrences while in some others, fewer cases occur.

Today, the science of hypnotism is applied in treating various diseases. Among its treatment aspects is its usage in the scope of dentistry.

Also, Dr. Mahdi Fathi, the secretary of the World Congress on Hypnodontics stated that more than 50 key figures and specialist in hypnotism throughout the world are attending this congress from Germany, Swiss, Sweden, England, France, Italy, Denmark, Scotland, Indonesia and Austria. 

“According to the reports of the World Hypnotism Association, there has never been any global congress concerning the application of hypnotism in dentistry”, averred Dr. Fathi and added: along the three days of the congress, there are 45 lectures, 12 educational workshops, a round table with the subjects of Ethics and the Application of Hypnodontics. Among other programs in this congress are the educational workshops on Hypnotism in tooth extraction, hypnotism in root treatment and hypnotism in pediatric dentistry.

The secretary of Iran Hypnotism Association specified the aim of holding this congress as introducing the applications of hypnotism as a science in dental treatments. He pointed out that hypnosis plays a crucial role in managing and alleviating the pain, fighting against the fear of dental injections, controlling Bruxism, avoiding the usage of anesthetic medicine and its advantages in pediatric dentistry.

Dr. Fathi maintained that in addition to presenting surgery-related aspects of using hypnosis in dental treatment, psychological aspects of hypnodontics views such as the office décor and design and Doctors’ interaction with the patient are discussed.