2019, Number 3
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Odovtos-Int J Dent Sc 2019; 21 (3)
Nocebo/Placebo Effects in Dental Practice: Two Key Protagonists
Chavarría-Bolaños D, Pozos-Guillén A, Montero AM
Language: English
References: 11
Page: 10-15
PDF size: 189.69 Kb.
ABSTRACT
Understanding the possible effects that a patient’s psycho-neurobiological processes (such as the
nocebo effect) may have on the every-day dental treatments, could assist the clinicians in preventing
the onset of adverse events not related directly with the clinical procedure. At the same time, employing
pathways to trigger plausible placebo effects could aid the clinician to enhance the outcome of ordinary
clinical procedures and the patient’s perspective. Identified factors, which could lead both to positive or
negative effects, may be present in different ways. Prior personal experiences, second-hand information,
alternative medicine, catastrophizing or patient motivation; all could have an indirect effect in the treatment
outcome. A well-informed clinician should use such factors to individualize each patient treatment.
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