I went to the dentist the other day. Nothing unusual about that. However, a number of factors combined to render this experience a bit on the unusual side.
Factor 1: I have an ongoing fascination with hypnosis, hypnotherapy, hypnotism, hypnology ( hypno-anything in fact, to be perfectly frank.)

Factor 2: I don’t have an ongoing fascination with dentalosis, dentalotherapy, dentalism, dentalology (or dental-anything, to be perfectly richard.)

Factor 3: It was a very hot day, totally draining of energy and willpower on man and beast alike.

Factor 4: It was a late-in-the-day appointment and my dentologist, George, (I’ll call him that, because that’s his job and name) had had an exhausting day and was ‘a bit buggered actually.’(his words)

I perched on the chair and engaged George in a bit of light-hearted banter, just to let him know that I was not in the slightest bit concerned about the impending assault he was about to launch on me.

On command, I bravely opened my mouth, not as wide as George would have liked, but as wide as I was prepared to concede, and prepared for the worst. Pretty standard visit to George at this stage.

It was about then that I started to ponder, as any budding hypnotist does, on what the application of a little hypnosis to my current situation might produce. Or, more interestingly, I pondered, what the application of a little hypnosis to George might produce. Out of curiosity, I decided to give the latter ponder a go.

“George,” I said, “before you put all that expensive, state-of-the-art equipment inside my mouth, are you aware that 99% of all pain felt by dental patients exists only in their mind?” George mumbled something noncommittal so I doggedly continued…”George, as an example of the power of the mind, did you also know that if you close your eyes and then pretend you can’t open them, then, amazingly, as long as you keep pretending, you actually won’t be able to open them?” George responded by yawning and changing his drill size to Mega.

“George,” I labored, “just before you continue, humor me, just try what I said for a few seconds.” Sighing, in a somewhat condescending manner, but still acquiescing, George fleetingly closed his eyes. “Now,” I said, pretend you can’t open your eyes. Now, still pretending you can’t open your eyes, try and open them. As long as you keep pretending, you’ll find you can’t.” Well, at this point George was already well out of it. He was already ‘buggered’ and past caring, and to my trained eye, I noticed he was displaying all the classic signs of being in a light trance.

Well, I won’t bore you to tears with the details, but suffice to say, I soon had our erstwhile dentician George totally induced into a deep hypnotic trance. I quickly followed up by adding some cunning suggestions, like, “Upon awakening, you will take extreme care and be as gentle as possible with your dental treatment of Alan, (that’s me) both today and at any other time in the future. You will always do the absolute minimum to keep his teeth in tip-top condition, and, what’s more, you will always charge him 50% less than the usual fee because he is such an exceptional patient.”

It worked like a treat, I had a rare, painless session and came home with change in my pocket. I’m already looking forward to my next visit to George.

I am have an avid interest in hypnosis and have studied and practised both hypnosis and hypnotherapy over the past 15 years. I am particularly interested in promoting hypnosis as being fun, easy to learn and very applicable to all aspects of life.

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