A música erudita inserida no contexto odontológico: manejo da ansiedade e do medo

Abstract

Dental care generates anxiety or fear in a considerable number of patients, either because of previous unpleasant experiences experienced during a procedure, or because of negative experiences reported by third parties. Such feelings make the search for dental care very difficult, leading the patient to seek treatment only when it is no longer possible to get around the situation by other means. From this, this work aimed to search the literature for information about the use of classical music as a tool applied in the health area for the management of anxiety and fear during dental procedures. An evaluation of the materials available on the subject on the main platforms, such as Scielo and PubMed, was carried out, and it was possible to realize that scientific studies in the area are still in small numbers. However, the results obtained so far with the use of music are positive, easy to implement and should be more publicized.