Ambient odors of orange and lavender reduce anxiety and improve mood in a dental office

Lehrner, Johann; Marwinski, G.; Lehr, Stephan; Jöhren, Peter; Deecke, Lüder

doi:10.1016/j.physbeh.2005.06.031

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“…121 This study is consistent with the results of earlier studies using lavender or orange scent in dental waiting rooms. [122][123][124] Altering the physical environment may also affect anxiety. For example, a study of dentally anxious students found a stated preference for offices with adorned rather than bare walls and for a slightly cooler temperature.…”

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Management of fear and anxiety in the dental clinic: a review

2013

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People who are highly anxious about undergoing dental treatment comprise approximately one in seven of the population and require careful and considerate management by dental practitioners. This paper presents a review of a number of non-pharmacological (behavioural and cognitive) techniques that can be used in the dental clinic or surgery in order to assist anxious individuals obtain needed dental care. Practical advice for managing anxious patients is provided and the evidence base for the various approaches is examined and summarized. The importance of firstly identifying dental fear and then understanding its aetiology, nature and associated components is stressed. Anxiety management techniques range from good communication and establishing rapport to the use of systematic desensitization and hypnosis. Some techniques require specialist training but many others could usefully be adopted for all dental patients, regardless of their known level of dental anxiety. It is concluded that successfully managing dentally fearful individuals is achievable for clinicians but requires a greater level of understanding, good communication and a phased treatment approach. There is an acceptable evidence base for several non-pharmacological anxiety management practices to help augment dental practitioners providing care to anxious or fearful children and adults.

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Management of fear and anxiety in the dental clinic: a review

2013

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“…Similarly, the sedative reputation of lavender has been evidenced in studies of anxiety reduction and mood improvement in a range of situations (Lorig and Schwartz, 1987b;Ludvigson and Aromas, Cognition and Mood Rottman, 1989;Buchbauer et al, 1991;Lehrner et al, 2005). Itai et al (2000) compared the effects of lavender and hiba oil on female patients with chronic haemodialysis and found hiba oil to significantly decrease mean levels of anxiety and depression, where lavender was found only to exert a beneficial effect on anxiety alone.…”

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Modulation of Cognitive Performance and Mood by Aromas of Peppermint and Ylang-Ylang

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This study provides further evidence for the impact of the aromas of plant essential oils on aspects of cognition and mood in healthy participants. One hundred and forty four volunteers were randomly assigned to conditions of Ylang-Ylang aroma, Peppermint aroma, or no aroma control. Cognitive performance was assessed using the Cognitive Drug Research computerised assessment battery, with mood scales completed before and after cognitive testing. The analysis of the data revealed significant differences between conditions on a number of the factors underpinning the tests that constitute the battery.Peppermint was found to enhance memory whereas Ylang-Ylang impaired it, and lengthened processing speed. In terms of subjective mood Peppermint increased alertness and Ylang-Ylang decreased it, but significantly increased calmness. These results provide support for the contention that the aromas of essential oils can produce significant and idiosyncratic effects on both subjective and objective assessments of aspects of human behaviour. They are discussed with reference to possible pharmacological and psychological modes of influence.2

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“…The underlying assumption for the advantage of odors as cues to emotional memories is the direct synapsing from the olfactory areas to the amygdala-hippocampal complex, the neuronal substrate of emotional memory Packard, Cahill, & McGaugh, 1994;Savic, Gulyàs, Larsson, & Roland, 2000). Because passive smelling of odors may influence the emotional arousal in individuals (e.g., Lehrner, Marwinski, Lehr, Johren, & Deecke, 2005;Savic et al, 2000), without memory recollection, it is of interest to investigate the role played by olfactory perception in the recollection and phenomenological evaluation of retrieved memories (cf. Chu & Downes, 2002;Herz & Schooler, 2002).…”

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