Question regarding predental acupuncture

There are volumes of research showing the general effect of acupuncture on both pain and inflammation, so dental work would be no different than any post-surgical procedure.

It’s not clear if you are asking for pain, dental anesthesia, infection avoidance, anxiety, etc. Generally, however, all of those aspects acupuncture will help.

Below are a few randomly chosen studies:

• https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24745864
• https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23156203
• https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22852212

Now, keep in mind that studies are just that - studies. And acupuncture funding for large scale clinical studies with such nuanced usages as dental work is just simply not there. None of that means it is not effective. I would be confident in the larger scale studies dealing with pain and inflammation and be comfortable deducing that this is irrelevant of the “cause” of the pain.

There is also nothing that can go wrong with the use of acupuncture pre or post-dental work - or pre- or post- anything else for that matter. So there is really no reason to not refer out.