Dentophobia: Dealing with dental anxiety
Anxious, nervous or apprehensive before a trip to the dentist? You are not alone. In fact, there’s nothing unusual about feeling anxiety before a visit to the dental clinic. Fear of the dentist: the usual symptoms According to one Kiwi survey, 70 percent of women and sixty percent of men experience feelings of anxiety before a dentist visit. Another report found that dental anxiety affects around a third of people, with a further 12% suffering ‘extreme’ dental fear. But while…