Music and medicine are deeply connected. But what kind of music should your surgeon really be listening to? BY RAHUL PARIKH iStockphoto/lisagagne/Salon PopRX is a new weekly column about the intersection of pop culture and medicine. In 1889 Nietzsche wrote, “Without music life would be a mistake.” As someone who regularly spends a chunk of [...]
Entries Tagged as 'Music and Dental Surgery'
Music in the Operating Room: For surgeons, this time
March 8th, 2011 · No Comments · Music and Dental Surgery, Music and Surgery, Music and the Mind-Body, Music in the Hospital
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Surgical Headphones Being Used in More Hospitals
February 6th, 2011 · No Comments · Music and Dental Surgery, Music and Surgery, Music and the Brain, Music Healing, Music Medicine, Music Research, Surgery with Music
More and more people are hearing about our Surgical Serenity Headphones and choosing to use them. People remember reading about them and know that they will use them if they are told that they need surgery. That’s exactly what happened with a customer today and she will be “practicing” with them over the next few weeks so that [...]
Fear of the Dentist: How much could music headphones help?
February 3rd, 2011 · No Comments · Music and Dental Surgery, Music and Relaxation, Music Healing, Music in the Hospital, Music in the News!
Nearly one-quarter of all Americans avoid dentists because they’re afraid, according to American Dental Association surveys. And the fear comes in many forms. In an attempt to win back fearful patients, dentists like Dr. Eda Ellis in New York offer spa-like services. WSJ’s health columnist Melinda Beck reports. There’s fear of pain, fear of needles, [...]
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More Research on the power of music with Dental Surgery
January 24th, 2011 · No Comments · Music and Dental Surgery, Music Research
J Oral Maxillofac Surg. 2010 Aug 11. [Epub ahead of print] Musical Intervention Reduces Patients’ Anxiety in Surgical Extraction of an Impacted Mandibular Third Molar. Kyoung Kim Y, Kim SM, Myoung H. Primary Researcher. Abstract PURPOSE: Patients undergoing impacted mandibular third molar (IMTM) extraction often have severe perioperative anxiety, which may lead to increased perceptions [...]
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Anesthetists’ Hymn: Humor, not serious!
March 3rd, 2010 · No Comments · Music and Dental Surgery
I’m sure that anesthetists do no work like this, but it is a clever spoof of what some people THINK they do!
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One person’s experience with dental anesthesia and music
February 9th, 2010 · No Comments · Music and Dental Surgery
This post appeared recently on another blog (http://ordinarilyuninteresting.blogspot.com/2010/02/its-business-time.html) and pertained so specifically to music with dental surgery, I thought that my readers might enjoy reading it: “I had to get up early–0500h–in order to travel to the Big City and get a tooth implant. For those of you who don’t know, a tooth implant is [...]
Surgical Headphones Enter the Dental Surgery Field
February 3rd, 2010 · 3 Comments · Music and Dental Surgery
Tomorrow I’m traveling to Versailles, KY to speak to a group of 25-30 dentists about our Surgical Serenity Headphones and their value in dentistry! Ever since the headphones went on the market last March (www.surgicalheadphones.com) people have been saying “Oh, those would be great in a dentist’s office!” Yes, the dentist chair is one of [...]
