Re: Proper Approach for 2nd Opinion?

Newbie wrote:

On Wed, 24 Jan 2007 00:31:36 GMT, Steven Bornfeld <dentaltwinmung@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:


Back in dental school we had an instructor who would grab the patient's cheek, retract and shake the living daylights out of the cheek. I figure it's some kind of distraction technique.



I use this technic, though gentle is good enough.

This is based on the gate-controlled theory of pain perception.
Closes the a-delta, and c fibers from propagating.
...so they say


I thought it was part of an interrogation technique he'd learned in the Turkish armed forces.

Steve

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