Dental work, the dreaded drill, and Surgical Serenity Solutions playlists
Have you been to the dentist lately? A new friend of mine went last week and was telling me on a Tuesday how much she was dreading it on Thursday. Of course I could hardly wait to tell her about the Surgical Serenity Solutions playlists that so many people like to use during their dental procedures.
From the minute I started writing about and promoting my Surgical Serenity headphones and playlists, invariably people would exclaim, “Dentistry!! Please tell dentists to get these!
The birth of the SSS app!
Then I began to think about creating a downloadable app for my playlists. One that anyone could download onto their phone before a patient had dental work or a colonoscopy or a knee replacement …whatever!
Dental anxiety and dental pain seem to be truly universal and experienced by the majority of humans.
The sound of the drill is what seems to freak out people the most. And I totally understand because I feel the same way. If you’ve had even one accidental touching of a nerve by the drill or other dental tool, you know what I’m talking about! The whole time a stranger is in my mouth, I’m just waiting for that accidental touching of a nerve.
But when I use the Jazz Playlist and my earbuds, or SSS headphones, I’m already more relaxed be the dentist of dental hygienist start their work. And when we’re more relaxed we’re less apt to jump or move suddenly and erratically why they clean our teeth, drill out cavities, or even pull teeth.
Patients love using app at the dentist to block the drill
Of course we need to see the dentist regularly! I have to have special periodontic cleanings 4 times a year. I’m actually going to a new periodontist tomorror morning, now that I’ve moved to Sarasota! I will be taking my AirPods and iPhone app for sure!
If you dread the drill and have a dental appointment coming up, just download one of our apps at www.surgicalserenitysolutions.com/calm. Each app is a $9.99 download and you never pay again! Keep it for life!
Best wishes for a calm and successful dental appointment!
Recently I became aware of QID 477 multimodal pain management (also known as MS-DRG 744). It 
Music with surgery and in the perioperative period has been around for a while now. Binaural beats have also been around for a long time. NOW, we have added binaural beats to one of our existing playlists.
As alway, the headphones are placed on the patient’s head during the preoperative period, after the patient has changed into the surgical gown and had the IV placed. I have seen this happen many, many times and as soon as headphones go on, the patient closes their eyes and exhales a huge sigh of relief, as the soothing therapeutic music begins to wash over them.
When Surgical Serenity Solutions started a few decades ago, the idea was to provide soothing music to the patient who is very anxious. But around that same time, surgeons were beginning to choose music for themselves to play during surgery. There was a widespread myth that patients under anesthesia would NOT hear the surgeon’s music and therefore surgeon’s could choose whatever they wanted, including such “gems” as “Another One Bites the Dust” by Queen.
But then, the next afternoon, I was told that I needed a different MRI that would take about 40-50 minutes. Unfortunately, this time, the music was not enough to keep me from suddenly experiencing a miserable attack of claustrophobia. By then, I had been in the hospital over a day with continuous tests and blood drawn and my back and leg were really hurting, in addition to my blood pressure rising more and more depite lots of hydralazine. Another factor I now understand was that the MRI tech did not break the different segments down for me like the others had done. It helps so much when they say “ok, now you’re going to have 7 minutes of this particular sound” and after 7 minutes they actually check in with me and ask how I’m doing. Assuming I’m OK, then they’ll say “now you’re going to have 6 minutes of this specific sound.” That helps me a lot, but this technician just went directly from one sound to the next with no conversation with me.
I finally did go for an outpatient MRI of head and neck about two weeks later and they gave me an Ativan to calm me before hand. In that case, I fell asleep repeatedly in the machine and there was too much artifact for them to see what they needed to see.
Could you actually forget to play music during the Christmas holidays? It’s unlikely I think but you might logically think that it’s only for celebration purposes. In reality, Christmas can be a time for a full range of emotions from jubilation to devastation and everything in between.
You’re having surgery, or a painful, scary, medical/dental procedure! What should you use if you’ve heard about how music can improve your experience and even your results? The clinical research grows by the day and the result are clear. Using music chosen by the patient makes a huge difference.
Music medicine is often defined as listening to music during medical procedures for a relaxing effect. The advantage over music therapy is that it doesn’t require a trained music therapist so it’s less expensive. It can also be used in more diverse situations where a music therapist wouldn’t be allowed, such as surgery.