Hypnosis in dentistry in dental vocational training

'In the name therefore of the love of truth, in the name of the dignity of our profession, in the name of the good of all mankind, I implore you carefully to investigate this important subject.' So said John Elliotson on June 27, 1846. In 1984 in Glasgow, a very eminent dentist said, 'Everyone knows hypnosis is only so much mumbo-jumbo'! Fortunately this latter attitude is not shared by many of the profession and, in the forward-thinking of vocational training schemes, hypnosis is a subject which, it is felt, should certainly be covered.