It has been discovered acupuncture helped to reduce the fear and anxiety among dental patients. Now they are able to easily undergo dental treatment.

A test was conducted on 20 patients’ who feared to visit the dentist. It was shown that acupuncture helped to conquer their fears and reduced their anxiety to half.

Although hypnosis also helps to reduce anxiety but this is a time consuming process. Acupuncture is believed to be “a simple and inexpensive method of treatment”.

This study has been published in a journal called Acupuncture in Medicine.