Motivational interviewing in dental practice

Abstract

According to the literature about 5% of the adult population experiencing extreme fear of dental treatment, 20-30% experience severe or moderate fear. A visit to the dentist for these patients is the psychoemotional stress. For the first time in outpatient dental practice, the efficiency of application of motivational interviewing (MI) to reduce fear, excitement and anxiety of patients was applied. 224 people (men and women aged 18 to 57 years) were tested on the scale of the Spielberger-Hanin (situational anxiety) and Schwarzer, Romek, Erusalema (self-efficacy). Assessed for changes in their functional parameters (blood pressure, heart rate, breathing rate) before and after the intervention. The use of motivational interviewing increases the safety of dental procedures, and cognition fears and expectations of the patient helps to avoid conflict situations.

Keywords

• психоэмоциональное напряжение пациентов перед приемом
• стоматофобия
• мотивационное интервьюирование
• ситуативная тревожность
• функциональные показатели
• безопасность вмешательства
• patient's psycho-emotional pressure before dental treatment
• fear of dental treatment
• motivational interviewing
• situational uneasiness
• functional indicators
• safety of dental intervention