What Every Dentist Should Know About Managing Dental Anxiety – PDP050 Protrusive Dental Podcast

When Mike Gow first told me that he helped place dental implants on patients WITHOUT local anaesthetic, I thought he was lying. Then I found out they have also done a sinus lift without LA...what?!







You read that correctly! Mike Gow has centred his practice around the management of nervous and anxious patients. Don't you think we can learn so much about management of dental anxiety from someone who has achieved the above?







This is exactly why I brought him on as my guest of honour for Episode 50 (50 not out!) and you will love this, gem-packed podcast with valuable ways to help us become better Dentists to anxious patients.









https://youtu.be/dkMByGXwI1A

Full episode with Dr Mike Gow only on Protrusive and Dentinal Tubules







Need to Read it? Check out the Full Episode Transcript below!







The Protrusive Dental Pearl is to check out Anydesk (it's free!) to gain remote access to your work computer in a secure way, so you can access X-rays and treatment plans any time, from any where! This has helped me on so many occassions!







Also check out the 1 hour free training on Teeth Whitening by Dr Payman Langroudi of Enlighten Smiles.









https://youtu.be/jO0bIetHLtY









We discuss:







* How and why he found himself in a situation to hypnotise patients and place implants without LA* Mythbusting about Inhalation Sedation* Top tips in making patient feels calm and cared for (gold)* Gow Gates vs Akinosi - which ID Block alternative is better?* How to have a thriving practice centered on anxious patients* The powerful secrets of managing dental anxiety









https://youtu.be/uqiXh6QUjXw

Inhalation Sedation is massively underutilised









https://youtu.be/LevjbyjOTIM

Hypnosis is powerful!







Mike's resources as promised:







ISDAM Website







ISDAM Facebook page







His practice, the Berkeley Clinic







And of course, Mike on the news!:









https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D04uduXkYJ0









Dr Mike Gow also runs InterDental TV for the latest in Dentistry.







If you enjoyed this episode, you may also like Dr Libi's 2 episodes on Paediatric Dentistry!















Click below for full episode transcript:







Opening Snippet: I see myself like, cocktail waiter, okay? The patient presents and tells me what kind of you know we work on what kind of thing is needed. And now it's up to me to decide how much of this is going to be pharmacological, how much behavioral, how much technological, and we make this mixture that's unique to that person...







Jaz's Introduction: Managing anxious patients is not only one of the most difficult things in dentistry, and sometimes they can be very stressful encounters,