{"id":1024,"date":"2011-11-05T05:26:49","date_gmt":"2011-11-05T05:26:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/caugheydds.com\/?p=1024"},"modified":"2024-04-03T12:48:11","modified_gmt":"2024-04-03T12:48:11","slug":"healing-the-pain-body-inside-of-teeth","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/caugheydds.com\/2011\/11\/05\/healing-the-pain-body-inside-of-teeth\/","title":{"rendered":"Healing the Pain-Body inside of teeth"},"content":{"rendered":"
In his book\u00a0The Power of Now<\/span>,\u00a0spiritual leader Eckhart Tolle discusses the concept of the pain body . . .\u00a0Tolle: The pain-body is my term for the accumulation of old emotional pain that almost all people carry in their energy field. I see it as a semi-autonomous psychic entity. It consists of negative emotions that were not faced, accepted, and then let go in the moment they arose. These negative emotions leave a residue of emotional pain, which is stored in the cells of the body.<\/p>\n In everyday general dentistry, the power of these negative emotions surface. \u00a0For some patients, it will be demonstrated as through an open discussion of their past experiences and a commitment from both the patient and the dentist to honor open communication during the procedure. \u00a0More frequently, patients will stoically mask their chair-gripping fear, silently suffering as they angrily “tough it out” or – as a surprise to me – laugh in a way that seems an inappropriate response to pain.<\/p>\n In our office, we make every effort to address the creature comforts of our patients receiving treatment. But even so, the truth is that some aspects of life’s discomforts just fall under the human condition.<\/p>\n Yesterday I shared a tremendous experience with a patient. The gentleman had fractured a molar, and the large silver filling had remained. \u00a0Though he was completely numb, there was a moment of anticipation and surprise during the procedure, invoking an involuntary tearful response, much in exaggeration to the event preceding it.<\/p>\n