Exploring alternative methods of gag reflex control Part 1: Acupressure

Cox, Laura; Brindley, Joanne

doi:10.1038/bdjteam.2017.59

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“…Acupressure is a non-invasive technique that relies on the concept of meridian. [8] Meridians act as a pathway through which life energy flows also called as `Qi'. [8] The theory involves stimulation of acupoints that lie on these meridians in the body to increase bioenergy, consequently reducing the symptoms.…”

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“…[8] Meridians act as a pathway through which life energy flows also called as `Qi'. [8] The theory involves stimulation of acupoints that lie on these meridians in the body to increase bioenergy, consequently reducing the symptoms. [7] In context to control of gag reflex various acupoints are suggested like Pericardium 6 (PC-6) and Conception Vessel 24 (CV-24).…”

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The Effect of Low Level Laser Therapy and Acupressure in Controlling Gag Reflex in Children Undergoing Dental Procedures

Koticha

Katge

Chimata

2021

Int J Sci Healthcare Res

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Background: Impression making can be challenging in children due to the exaggerated gag reflex. It not only hinders the basic dental examination procedure but also delivery of the treatment procedure becomes more challenging. Aim: Comparative evaluation of Low Level Laser Therapy (LLLT) and in combination with acupressure in controlling gag reflex in children undergoing impression making procedure. Experimental Procedure: A total of 90 children (10.1 + 2.6) years were divided into three groups depending upon the strategies used. Group A received LLLT whereas group B received LLLT with acupressure and group C was placebo group. Each patient underwent two impressions to record GSI and GPI scores for all groups. Results: Mean values of GSI and GPI scores for each group were calculated at three different stages. The mean values revealed least gagging with LLLT as compared to LLLT with acupressure and placebo group at stage 1 (p-0.001) and stage 3 (p-0.000) which was statistically significant. Mean values of GPI score was less than GSI score at all three stages for all the groups except for stage 1 in group C, which was not statistically significant. Conclusion: LLLT and in combination with acupressure was effective in controlling gag reflex in comparison to acupressure in children undergoing impression making procedure. Keywords: Acupuncture, acupressure, acupoints, gag reflex, impression making.

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The Effect of Low Level Laser Therapy and Acupressure in Controlling Gag Reflex in Children Undergoing Dental Procedures

Koticha

Katge

Chimata

2021

Int J Sci Healthcare Res

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“…Gagging is commonly seen during dental procedures, and patients who have a sensitive gag reflex can be a challenge to manage. Gagging during a dental procedure can have a psychological impact on the patient and their corporation during subsequent appointments can often be compromised 2 …”

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“…Gagging during a dental procedure can have a psychological impact on the patient and their corporation during subsequent appointments can often be compromised. 2 The most common regions in the oral cavity that cause increased incidence of gagging include the faucial pillars, hard and soft palate, uvula, base of the tongue, and the posterior wall of the pharynx. 3 Gagging in dental clinic is often due to iatrogenic causes especially related to impression making or poor manipulation of material or can also be due to ineffective use of low and high-volume suctions.…”

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Gagging and its management—A review

Parakh

2022

Oral Science International

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Gagging is a physiologic reaction that is protective in nature. Gagging is commonly seen during dental procedures, and patients who have a sensitive gag reflex can be a challenge to manage. Gagging during dental procedures often causes interruption in the dental treatment, or in rare instances, the treatment has to be postponed. Gagging makes it difficult to perform dental treatment, and there are various methods that are advocated in the literature. Managing a patient with an exaggerated gag reflex is a challenge, and effective and right approach to the management can go long way for the patient. This review aims to highlight the various options of preventing or reducing gagging in patients.

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An Image Dataset and an Effective Detection Algorithm for Human Body Acupoints

Zhang,

Feng,

Zhang

et al. 2024

Int. J. Patt. Recogn. Artif. Intell.

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With the development of artificial intelligence, computer vision technology has been widely used in the fields of security monitoring, automatic driving and wisdom city. However, there has not been a research on the detection of the meridians in human bodies by using the computer vision technology. In order to promote the use of the computer vision technology in human meridian detection, this paper first releases a dataset based on human meridians, which makes up for the gap in the field of human meridian detection using image processing technology. Moreover, the human meridian detection dataset is manually annotated and proofread by experienced Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) practitioners according to the position and direction of the human meridians, so that the annotated human meridians are as accurate as possible. The released human meridian dataset label’s 12 meridians, including spleen meridian, pericardium meridian, stomach meridian, lung meridian, heart meridian, kidney meridian, gallbladder meridian, liver meridian, triple energizer meridian, bladder meridian, large intestine meridian and small intestine meridian. A total of 296 acupoints were labeled. At last, this paper proposes a method for data augmentation, especially for datasets with a small amount of data, wherein the data amount can be augmented by enhancing the underlying edge visual features of the data. Experimental results show that human meridians can be detected by using image processing technology, and the proposed method for data augmentation can effectively improve the detection accuracy of human meridians. The dataset can be downloaded from https://www.zksylf.com/col.jsp?id=127 .

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Exploring alternative methods of gag reflex control Part 1: Acupressure

Cited by 4 publications

References 16 publications

The Effect of Low Level Laser Therapy and Acupressure in Controlling Gag Reflex in Children Undergoing Dental Procedures

The Effect of Low Level Laser Therapy and Acupressure in Controlling Gag Reflex in Children Undergoing Dental Procedures

Gagging and its management—A review

An Image Dataset and an Effective Detection Algorithm for Human Body Acupoints

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