Binaurals beat dental phobia
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More and more products are now available to help reduce dental phobia. Dental phobia is dental fear, whether of the dentist, the dental practice, or anything related to the dental examination, diagnosis, and treatment process.
Treating dental anxiety and fears
Fear of the dentist or anything "dentistry associated" can stop people getting the dental hygiene check ups and treatment needed. Some people who resist going to the dentist because of such phobia develop tooth decay and gum disease. These diseases have a knock-on effect on general health causing migraine, heart disease and stroke.
The stress may also cause depression, lack of confidence, and lowers standard of living. Nowadays, dentists offer counseling, meditation and also sedation to treat dental phobia. Binaural beats are a proven method of also treating dental anxiety and fear.
Discovery of binaural beats
Towards the end of 1830, a Prussian Physicist named Dr Heinrich Dove, discovered that binaural beats can induce greater relaxation, calm fears, and inspire creative thinking. By observing the different rotation of tropical cyclones in the Northern and Southern hemispheres, Dove found when two different frequencies are played separately to each ear, that perception generates a beat at the same rate. He termed this two-tone-into-one or "binaural" tone, binaural beats.
Robert Monroe, founder of The Monroe Institute and Jefferson Cable Company, furthered the popularity of binaural beats in the twentieth century through establishing the binaural-beat technology self-development industry. Binaural beats are now explored and used in cognitive and neurological research to observe how brainwaves are stimulated to reduce anxiety and control pain.
Research done by Barr et al (1977), Spitzer and Semple (1998), and Thaut (2003) located the effect of binaural beats to neuronal function responsible for auditory rhythms and particular brain wave synchronization in specific parts of the brain that also trigger sensory motor responses that can be tracked. More recent studies examine the effects of binaural beats on blood pressure and heart rate.
Use of binaural beats in dentistry and medicine
As a result, binaural beats are now used in hormone stimulation, treating headaches, focus for learning, improving sleep patterns, treating addictions, and for improving mental health.
Binaural beat sounds are available on CD's, such as "Dental Anxiety Cure", and also through devices, such as the Reson-8 binaural beat generator. Such generators are programmed to stimulate various brainwaves, such as the alpha and theta for stress reduction and also to reduce dental anxiety or phobia.
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