TEACHING CLINICAL HYPNOSIS IN US AND CANADIAN DENTAL SCHOOLS

This paper reports the results of a 1995 survey of the teaching of hyp nosis in U.S. and Canadian dental schools. Responses were received fro m 50 schools (78%). The results are compared with prior surveys by Par rish (1973) and Simpson, Dedmon, Logan and Jakobsen (1980). The number of complete courses in hypnosis increased from 1973 to 1980 but has r emained static since then. The number of other courses in which a one to two hour introduction to hypnosis is presented increased from 18% i n 1980 to 30% in 1995. However, during approximately that same period (1982-1995) dentist membership in A.S.C.H. dropped from 14.9% to 4.4%. Some commentary on this phenomenon and needed future studies are offe red.