Source: Daily Mail

Brave Leslie Mason used mind over molar to have his teeth removed without anaesthetic - using only hypnosis as a painkiller.

The father-of-seven needed two rotten teeth and their roots removed in a procedure which normally requires a general anaesthetic in hospital.

But he couldn't afford the £400 cost of private treatment so offered to be a guinea pig for a new experimental type of hypnosis.

Mr Mason remained conscious with his eyes open throughout the two-hour procedure - and felt nothing more than 'a bit of a sting'.

The 54-year-old said: 'It was incredible. There is no worse pain than that inflicted by dentists but I didn't feel any.

'The dentist had to dig away at the rotten roots that were right up into my jaw. There isn't anything I wouldn't have done under hypnosis now. It's incredible.'

Mr Mason, a former farmhand who works in a DIY store, was in agony from his teeth but was unable to find an NHS dentist to treat him.

His local surgery in Colchester, Essex, had exhausted its NHS budget and could only perform the procedure privately for £400.

He mentioned his dilemma to his friend John Ridlington, 59, a qualified hypnotist and clairvoyant, who had been in discussion with a dentist friend about the potential of dental treatment under hypnosis.

So with an offer of free treatment, he bravely agreed to be a guinea pig.

Mr Ridlington, from Dunmow, Essex, said: 'We all have the ability to control pain with our brains.

'Our brains control everything about our bodies and our subconscious is the most powerful part - it controls our breathing and the blood pumping through our veins.

'Hypnosis taps into the subconscious mind. It's all about mind over matter.'

Mr Ridlington spent 45 minutes getting his friend into a relaxed state of mind and taught him to visualise his favourite thing - historic battle re-enactments - to distract his mind from the pain.

Whilst wielding an imaginary medieval sword, Leslie visualised a dial numbered one to 10 - one for no pain and 10 for excruciating pain. As soon as he felt a twinge he mentally turned the dial back to one.

Mr Mason said: 'A couple of times the dial went up to two but I simply turned it back down. I felt nothing more than a quick sting lasting for less than a second.'

The operation was performed by dentist Dr Bhavin Bhatt, who runs the Smile and Wellbeing dental practice in Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire.

He said: 'The hypnosis was 100 per cent effective.

'With Leslie we used hypnotherapy to remove a seriously infected tooth and some deeply embedded roots. Ordinarily this would involve surgery and such cases are usually referred to hospital.

'We're now exploring the possibility of offering tooth transplants under hypnosis.

'The ability to offer treatment without sedation is great - people can suffer side effects from the sedation.

'With hypnosis people are given self-hypnosis techniques so when they leave my surgery they can continue to control any pain they may feel.'

Mr Mason has previously used hypnosis to stop smoking, which he took up at the age of 15, and successfully quit his 40-a-day habit.

He said: 'Not everyone is as susceptible as me to hypnosis so it won't be for everyone. But it's an area that should be exploited further - there are so many benefits."

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