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Dentist Creates Singing Dental Drill to Ease Fears Indonesian dentist creates a musical drill to combat children's fear in the dental chair. In an effort to ease the fears of children during their visits, a dentist in Indonesia has altered his dental drill, changing it to also work as an MP3 player. Dhanni Gustiana is a dental surgeon from Purworejo in Java. He learned that the dental drill was the scariest aspect of visits to the dentist. [Dhanni Gustiana, Dentist]: "The children are not afraid of doctor, many of them are afraid of drill. I modified this by putting a toy on the head of the drill and tell them that the toy will clean their teeth." In 2006, Gustiana created the musical drill after a year of research. It cost about six million rupiah, or $600 USD, to create. [Dhanni Gustiana, Dentist]: "The patient will hear the music louder when they open their mouths compared to when they close their mouths." Patients can even request what songs are played. The dentist also has various figurines that can be loaded onto the drill. While half of his fifteen daily patients are children, adults too ask for the musical drill to be used. Gustiana found that most children patients are not aware of what he was doing. He presented his creation and findings at the International Dental Congress at Greece in March. Perhaps with his work, the common fear of the dentist will become a thing of the past. For more news and videos visit ☛ ntdtv.org Follow us on Twitter ☛ http Add us on Facebook ☛ on.fb.me From: NTDTV Views: 474 12 ratings Time: 01:34 More in News & Politics