When people thought headphones would fix dentistry

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[@joseybryant7577]

The biggest problem I have with my dentist is the small talk."So, what was your weekend like?" They asked as they had their hand in my mouth.

[@savagesarethebest7251]

Yeah, don't they realize?

[@nickfifteen]

They know what they're doing.

[@robotortoise]

​@@nickfifteenIt's a power play.

[@WDOphotography]

My dentist growing up had a massive music collection and you could choose what to listen to when having cavities filled or teeth pulled (not sitting routine cleanings sadly). He also had a huge mural of a mountain landscape that you were looking at the whole time before they leaned you back. His was the most relaxing dental practice I've ever gone to

[@Newton-Reuther]

That's really interesting. A lot of times growing up, there would be televisions playing on the background while sitting in the dentist chair

[@QueenLizby]

I'll take the Audiac.... but I'll take it WITH anesthetic

[@ryanortega1511]

¿Por que no los dos?

[@Vexxel256]

@@ryanortega1511that’s literally what he said

[@ryanortega1511]

I know, I just couldn't help making a reference.

[@doramy9689]

I spent a delightful hour in the dentist's chair this week...

[@PhilEdwardsInc]

MY VIDEO IS OFFICIALLY DEBUNKED L:@!:!:!:@!:@#:!

[@intelligentdonut]

@@PhilEdwardsIncNot if it was copied and pasted from a scan of the newspaper clipping!

[@ryanortega1511]

Oof.

[@katieab403]

My dentist has this nice Bluetooth headphones that he offers whenever I get a procedure that needs like local anesthesia, like a filling. I've always thought it was so you wouldn't hear the drilling

[@raw_000]

Wouldn't you hear it anyways since bones carry sound? And I think even active noise cancellation would not help with that.

[@Mueller3D]

There have been studies done with burn patients who needed their bandages replaced. This is normally extremely painful, but patients who were distracted by VR goggles showing various scenes experienced much less pain.

[@YoungGandalf2325]

I would choose anaesthesia over the Apple Vision Pro as well.

[@MarylandFarmer.]

I would even choose no anesthesia over the apple vision pro

[@jordanmcgrory2171]

Researchers are already studying the use of video games as pain relief. The results are positive so far. A lot of the pain we experience is actually distress. So if you can keep the patient claim, you need far less pain medication.

[@PseudoEmpathy]

As someone who listens to music via airpods pro during dental, the drugs are still required.

[@audreyrasmussen540]

Fun fact: the hospital in my area has a scanner with special headphones which allow a patient to listen to music during what would otherwise be a long, arduous scanning process. Although I can't testify to the viability of headphones in dentistry, I did spend a delightful 40-ish (I think, it's been a while so I don't remember the exact time) minutes in a scanner listening to muffled showtunes and the occasional beep as my veins were pumped with metals once.

[@PhilEdwardsInc]

that seems helpful for sure!

[@BOABModels]

I listened to this on headphones but in my own chair, just for a change.

[@HarlanHaskins1]

You can sing “end the pain of tooth extraction” to the tune of the teenage mutant ninja turtles theme song

[@PhilEdwardsInc]

just tested, it works

Crazy timing considering I went to the dentist yesterday. I took a big stress ball with me and white-knuckle squeezed it until it was over, haha. Still hurt but at least i didn't feel the need to jump out the chair this time

[@treartino835]

As someone with sensitive teeth who got a root canal while listening to joe Rogan it wasn’t all that bad honestly so maybe there’s sum too this

[@Griff287]

Is that Cameron from Ferris Bueller's day off?

[@ryanortega1511]

Timestamp?

[@lephtovermeet]

Spot on, which is why I inject novacaine before my morning commute and while at the gym.

[@Mr1121628]

Cleo Abrams religiously overhypes unproven tech lol

[@jaydice1]

Have you experienced the AVPs though cuz I was blown away

[@PhilEdwardsInc]

maybe soon...

[@drifter4training]

so it's a placebo ?

[@adampica9815]

so it's just headphones?

[@cinnamondum]

wow...

[@tylerbrantner4026]

Placebo is a very powerful thing

[@AdmiralThumbs]

Really interesting find Phil, but I'd expect better storytelling/conclusions from you. As @Muller3d pointed out above, modern day VR is proving to have a similar pain-ignoring effect due to immersion.
Instead of overhype of a new technology, I think the better explanation is that new forms of immersive experiences can lead to powerful effects on the mind, such as numbing/ignoring of pain or sheer panic until such things are mundane.
Compare people's reactions to a silent film of a train, fleeing the theatre in fear, when that tech was novel with the countless videos of Richie's plank experience.
I have no doubt that those people felt less pain due to the immersive audio that they'd never artificially felt before. But a few decades later, if they took their walkman with them to the dentist, it likely didn't work as well for them.
The same kind of thing happened with my wife who wore a VR headset for a dental procedure about 6 years ago. But now that she's spent a lot more time in VR, she likely wouldn't have as strong of an effect again.

[@1Rab]

I spent a delightful hour in a dentist's chair this week.

[@PhilEdwardsInc]

you typed it!!!!!

[@Hi.Im.Chucky]

He looks like David Spade .