Who"s Afraid of Dentists?
Dentists don't want to be scary.
They went to school in order to help their patients.
Still, many individuals are petrified of them.
These practitioners take care of teeth, gums and all aspects of oral health.
This professional diagnoses, treats disease and performs many procedures to prevent problems from occurring.
Heart conditions, premature birth, clogged arteries, chronic infections, and diabetic complications are all associated with unresolved dental and gum decay.
If a person is afraid to go to the dentist, worse issues may occur.
What is scaring these individuals? There are arrays of reasons and it will depend on the unique circumstances pertaining to the patient.
If it is a phobia, there may not be an exact reason.
Phobic reactions can happen due to different causes.
There are phobias related to spiders, closed in spaces, rats, snakes, heights and more.
These individuals may have more intense panic feelings than your average person.
It's a fact of life that going to the dentist is not usually one's idea of a good time.
This must actually be a bit hard on the DDS's self-esteem.
He or she trained long and hard to care for their patients' oral health and most of their clients dislike coming.
A visit to this practitioner is undertaken in order to keep teeth, gums and all of the tissues, nerves, roots and muscles within this region in good working order.
If a person has a true anxiety type of reaction, some of the following may occur: - Freaking out when seeing dental tools - Hates sound of any drill - Bursts out crying when appointment time rolls around - Pounding beat of heart - Red face due to increased blood flow - Having trouble breathing - Nightmares with the dentist office as the setting - Panic attack - Unable to sit in waiting room Why do these people feel this way? Perhaps they are feeling out of control or embarrassed.
If a person has had a horrible prior experience in the dental chair, this could be to blame.
If their parents were fearful of this practitioner and as a child observed this growing up, it may be a learned response.
If claustrophobia is an issue, the feeling of being confined to a chair while having someone working so close to you can be a trigger.
Sometimes it's a blatant fear of pain.
If a person isn't properly medicated, the procedures can be quite painful.
Most dentists are extremely careful to administer the appropriate anesthetic to take the edge off.
These fears don't have to cause a person to just stop taking care of their teeth.
A therapist may be able to help them come to the bottom of reasons for the fears.
One who is trained in trauma, coping skills for anxiety and desensitization techniques may be able to put an end to this problem.
Many dentists specialize in helping those with phobic responses.
Sedatives, laughing gas and a sensitive chair-side manner by all staff in the practice can work wonders.
They went to school in order to help their patients.
Still, many individuals are petrified of them.
These practitioners take care of teeth, gums and all aspects of oral health.
This professional diagnoses, treats disease and performs many procedures to prevent problems from occurring.
Heart conditions, premature birth, clogged arteries, chronic infections, and diabetic complications are all associated with unresolved dental and gum decay.
If a person is afraid to go to the dentist, worse issues may occur.
What is scaring these individuals? There are arrays of reasons and it will depend on the unique circumstances pertaining to the patient.
If it is a phobia, there may not be an exact reason.
Phobic reactions can happen due to different causes.
There are phobias related to spiders, closed in spaces, rats, snakes, heights and more.
These individuals may have more intense panic feelings than your average person.
It's a fact of life that going to the dentist is not usually one's idea of a good time.
This must actually be a bit hard on the DDS's self-esteem.
He or she trained long and hard to care for their patients' oral health and most of their clients dislike coming.
A visit to this practitioner is undertaken in order to keep teeth, gums and all of the tissues, nerves, roots and muscles within this region in good working order.
If a person has a true anxiety type of reaction, some of the following may occur: - Freaking out when seeing dental tools - Hates sound of any drill - Bursts out crying when appointment time rolls around - Pounding beat of heart - Red face due to increased blood flow - Having trouble breathing - Nightmares with the dentist office as the setting - Panic attack - Unable to sit in waiting room Why do these people feel this way? Perhaps they are feeling out of control or embarrassed.
If a person has had a horrible prior experience in the dental chair, this could be to blame.
If their parents were fearful of this practitioner and as a child observed this growing up, it may be a learned response.
If claustrophobia is an issue, the feeling of being confined to a chair while having someone working so close to you can be a trigger.
Sometimes it's a blatant fear of pain.
If a person isn't properly medicated, the procedures can be quite painful.
Most dentists are extremely careful to administer the appropriate anesthetic to take the edge off.
These fears don't have to cause a person to just stop taking care of their teeth.
A therapist may be able to help them come to the bottom of reasons for the fears.
One who is trained in trauma, coping skills for anxiety and desensitization techniques may be able to put an end to this problem.
Many dentists specialize in helping those with phobic responses.
Sedatives, laughing gas and a sensitive chair-side manner by all staff in the practice can work wonders.
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