A study that was presented in an article on the Dental Tribune's website last July 18, 2013 claimed the ability of text messaging to lessen the amount of pain a patient suffers when visiting a cosmetic dentist in New Orleans or anywhere else in the country. The said study included 39 patients, aged 10 to 18, with their cellphones with them when they received orthodontic treatment. The patients were split into two groups. The first group received a text message from their dentist offering encouragement while the other group received none. After a week, researchers found out that the amount and period of pain was far higher for the last group versus the first. With this in mind, the article stressed the need of orthodontic professionals to have better communication with their patients and strive to make them feel at ease before, during, and after each treatment.
http://neworleans.yourbestdentist.com/visiting-a-cosmetic-dentist-in-new-orleans-text-messaging-as-painkiller/
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