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Ostracized from across society just to suffer from a little anxiety. Please help me
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So thank you very much for that dental anxiety is common in America. It is estimated that around
40 million people have some form of dental anxiety
This is one of the reasons why so many people avoid going to the dentist
having regular checkups or all
Exams some people are scared
The dentist will hurt them others are scared what the dentist may find a phobia is an intense
unreasonable fear people can fear a specific activity
object or situation
someone with a dental phobia or dental anxiety
Put off going to the dentist's for years or even decades
To avoid going they'll put up with gum
infections pains in their teeth or gums or even broken or missing teeth
So do you have dental anxiety?
Or do you have a phobia of going to the dentist?
We are now going to find our I'm going to ask you four questions and you are going to answer with either yes or no
the four questions are also in the description box down below so you can read them all so the very first
Question is when you think about going to the dentist?
Do you become anxious or start to panic?
The second question is do you avoid going to the dentist?
The third question is when you are in the dentist, do you feel anxious?
faint tense or uneasy the fourth question is do you make
excuses not to go to the dentist if you answered yes to one or less of these four questions then it's
Unlikely that you have a phobia or you have dental anxiety
However, if you answered yes to two or more of these questions
Then it's highly likely you have dental or dentist
Anxiety there are many reasons why you may have a phobia of going to the dentist or have dentist
anxiety
Let's now go over the main
reasons why people have a phobia or a fear of going to the dentist and see if one of these
Relates to you. The first one is pain many people are worried or scared about the pain
They will experience when going to the dentist. The second reason is no control or
Helplessness you are not in control anymore
once you are in the dentist
Which makes people feel helpless and they don't like it when they are not in control of situations anymore
the third reason is
embarrassment some people feel embarrassed about their teeth or they feel
Ashamed the fourth reason is negative past
Experiences some people may have had bad experiences at the dentist's before which puts them off going
Ever again here are some tips for you for the next time you go to the dentist that you might find helpful
And will help you tell the dentist about your fear your phobia or your anxiety
Tell them exactly
How you are feeling and why you are feeling that way if your dentist is aware of your situation
And your anxiety?
Your fear or your phobia? They can try and make you feel as comfortable and relaxed as possible
Ask your dentist if you can make a signal whilst
He's working on your teeth something like just simply raising your hand that way the dentist knows
During the exam if you raise your hand, it means you want to take a little break
distract yourself by wearing headphones
If nose bothers you listen to your favorite music or an audiobook
some dentists have actual TVs in the room for you to watch play with something in your
Hands, like a stress ball to take your mind off
What's happening visualize yourself?
Somewhere else other than the dentist like sitting on a beach or in your bed
Somewhere that is your happy place or where you'd rather be use
Mindfulness techniques like counting your breath or naming objects
Around the room. You can even move parts of your body and whilst you are moving the parts
Say the body part in your head
This will be able to distract you from what is happening at the dentist
Do you have a fear a phobia of going to the dentist or do you have dentist anxiety?
What did you score on this test and why don't you like or enjoy or fear?
Going to the dentist. Let me know in the comment section down below
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