Ask the dentist: Dental Comfort – Sedation or Fear Management?
Patients with a reluctance to see their dentist (or any dentist) do fall within 2 categories. Those who are simply afraid (dentalphobes) and those who don’t welcome any discomfort whatsoever. With the approx. 33% of adults who truly have Dental phobia – this is a chronic fear of virtually anything ‘dental’. It ranges from fear of the needle, or the white coat, or the sound of the drill, the feeling of being frozen, or a previous bad dental experience. Sitting in a dental waiting room may trigger a personal reaction. This results in a phobia not unlike fear of heights, o...
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