1 in 3 patients experience dental anxiety
Dental visits often activate stress and uncertainty. When patients feel overwhelmed, it affects more than the individual. It shapes your workflow, your schedule, and your entire day. Grasp supports patients during dental care, helping them feel safe, engaged, and in control from the very first appointment.
Why prevention of dental anxiety matters
A trip to the dentist can feel big and uncertain, especially for children. Early experiences shape how patients relate to dental care throughout life.
When those first encounters are stressful, a cycle can begin. Fear leads to avoidance, avoidance leads to poorer oral health, and worsening oral health reinforces the fear.
Dental anxiety is often a learned response to uncertainty and loss of control.
Prevention means supporting patients from the very first visit. Grasp is a clinically grounded tool that helps patients regulate stress and cope with uncertainty during dental care, restoring a sense of safety, engagement, and agency in the dental chair.
Helping patients cope during medical visits has never been easier
Grasp helps patients cope and communicate in real time, reducing uncertainty and enabling you to deliver calmer, more confident care.
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Active coping and distraction can reduce the need for pharmacological sedation (e.g., midazolam).
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When patients feel safer, appointments run more smoothly.
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Positive early experiences build long-term trust in care.
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Calmer interactions support healthier workplace environments.
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“Grasp is an excellent tool that helps patients feel more in control. It allows me to monitor a patient’s experience throughout the procedure and adjust the treatment in real time to meet their individual needs.”
— Isabel, Oris Dental
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Introducing Grasp
Grasp is a medical device grounded in evidence-based coping strategies that support emotional regulation during healthcare encounters. It combines active distraction, tactile engagement and real-time communication to help patients feel safe, heard, and in control.
Audiovisual active distraction combined with tactile engagement helps children shift focus from fear to fun.
Distract
A simple signaling system allows patients to express discomfort and have agency without interrupting care.
Communicate
Real time patient feedback removes guesswork and supports more confident clinical decisions.
Standardize
How it works
Explore coping modes
Grasp Aware is equipped with two distinct modes to enhance the patient care experience, each tailored to meet different patient needs and preferences. Learn more about to use the different coping modes in your practice.
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This mode focuses on active distraction and engagement.
Coping by Distraction helps patients manage stress by shifting attention away from the procedure and into an interactive experience. By squeezing the device, the patient activates music and audiovisual feedback, creating an engaging focus during treatment.
This helps patients stay calm and involved, supporting emotional regulation and transforming the experience into active participation.
This interactive experience keeps the patient actively engaged and helps transform treatment from a passive experience into active participation.
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This mode provides continuous feedback, safety, and control.
Coping by Feedback allows patients to communicate how they are feeling during the procedure, while also giving them a clear way to pause when needed. By squeezing the device, the patient adjusts audio and visual signals to indicate discomfort, while a firm squeeze and hold triggers a stop signal.
This gives clinicians real-time insight into how the patient is coping, enabling more responsive and confident care.
Grasp for children
Grasp for adults
Whatever challenge your patients face, we are here to help them cope with confidence.
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Grasp was founded by two clinicians who, over years of practice, repeatedly saw the same challenge: patient fear was recognized, but rarely managed in a way that strengthened confidence and lasting trust.
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By combining clinical insight with proven coping strategies, Grasp gives patients a simple way to express and manage their emotions in real time. Helping them feel safer, more in control, and better supported during care.
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We collaborate with dental clinics, primary care providers, emergency departments, and hospitals committed to delivering calmer, more confident care.
What users are saying
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Christoffer Bjelland, Dentist
“Finally a solution that helps me understand how the patient is doing, without having to constantly read every reaction.”
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Tonje Lorem, Head of Nedre Romerike Emergency Clinic
“Grasp is a valuable tool in helping patients regulate stress during procedures that were previously very difficult to complete.”
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Stener Kvinnsland, Former director of Haukeland University Hospital
"Grasp gives clinicians real-time insight into how patients are experiencing treatment, opening new opportunities to improve care."
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Annika, 11 years
"I liked the ball very much. It was nice to hold in my hand, and I liked how it played music when I squeezed it."
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Harald, 71 years
“Being able to communicate without interrupting, gave me a sense of control and made the procedure much more managable.”
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Anna, 28 years
"I appreciated having a simple way to show when something felt uncomfortable. It made the appointment feel safer and more supportive."
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Marta, 62 years
"I usually feel tense before medical appointments, but having a simple way to signal how I was feeling made a real difference.”
Turn care into your advantage
By combining patients' real-time feedback with clinical insights, Grasp empowers your team to deliver more connected, adaptive, and supportive care.
Integrating Grasp into your clinic sets you apart and turns compassionate care into a competitive advantage:
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Create a calmer, more efficient work environment.
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Lower anxiety-driven delays and treatment interruptions.
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shape young patients’ relationship with the dentist for life.
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Become a thought leader in innovative, patient-centered care.
Get started today
Grasp Aware
NOK 1,199.00 / month incl. VAT
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Grasp Device
24h Access to Grasp Aware Mobile App with unlimited number of sessions
24h Access to Grasp Insights Web App providing dashboards and usage analytics
Support and training on how to get the most value for your clinic
Hardware Add-on
NOK 599.00 / month incl. VAT
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iPad 10.2” (9th Gen)
Bluetooth Speaker
iPad Holder
Grasp in numbers
Number of users
677
Number of treatment sessions
10,321
Number of clinical data points
152,234
Non-invasive device. Backed by science.
Grasp is built on strong evidence from the scientific literature. By combining proven strategies such as active distraction, structured communication, and patient agency, it brings together high-evidence interventions into one powerful clinical solution.
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