“…Besides its use for relaxation during treatment (Corah, Gale & Illing, 1979b;Corah, Gale, Pace & Seyrek, 1981) and achieving local anesthesia (Neiburger, 1977), it has been reported to be effective in the treatment of various dental and dental-related dysfunctions such as dental phobia, extreme gagging reflex, orofacial pain, Received December 14, 1985;revised March I I , 1986; second revi sion September 29, 1986; accepted for publication September 29, 1986. For reprints write: Dr. M. Kleinhauz , Section of Behavioral Sciences , The Maurice and Gabriela Goldschleger School of Dental Medicine , Tel Aviv University, 69978 , Tel Aviv, Israel. 155 bruxism and others (Sector, 1961;Weyandt, 1972;Kleinhauz, Eli & Rubinstein, 1985) .…”