A study undertaken at two emergency dental clinics in São Paulo, Brazil has shown acupuncture to be a useful method of pain control for patients with acute dental pain. A sample of 120 patients, aged between 18 and 90, awaiting emergency treatment, received one acupuncture session. Pain was reduced in all patients, going down from a mean 6.56 to 0.96 on a visual analogue scale.
(Acupuncture in the management of acute dental pain. Journal of Acupuncture & Meridian Studies, April 2014.)
Author: Robin Costello
I offer traditional Chinese acupuncture in Exeter, from a tranquil clinic a mile from the city centre, and next to the University of Exeter. I graduated originally from the London School of Acupuncture and Traditional Chinese Medicine’s 3 year full time Acupuncture Diploma (DipAc) course. I am on the practitioners register of the British Acupuncture Council (MBAcC), a regulatory and professional body with an entry standard of a full three year undergraduate degree level training.
I have worked in a hospital in south west China, deepening my knowledge and using acupuncture and Chinese massage (tuina) as the treatment of choice in its country of origin. I have taught Chinese medicine in colleges, the NHS and at university level. I also practise Qi Gong, and Chinese dietary therapy, that is the medicinal use of ordinary foods, chosen to help achieve particular therapeutic effects in different individuals.
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