Fear of the dentist

[Felicity]

Hi

I have a major fear of the dentist following some recent bad experiences. I guess I was always uncomfortable sitting in a dental chair but recently due to my recent bad experiences, my fear and anxiety has become much worst.

I would like to know if you know of any methods or techniques that I could use to overcome my fear of the dentist. My friend has recommended a very good dentist to me that she has been seeing for many years but I just cant seem to overcome my fear to go and see him. I worry that if I put off seeing a dentist for much longer, my teeth could begin to suffer.

Please help.

[Dr Vahid Motahar]

Hi,

Thank you for your question.

There are many conventional and non conventional ways to help one to overcome fear of seeing a dentist. For example some people very effectively have been able to use hypnosis to help them to overcome their phobia of dentistry.

At Pearl Dental Clinic we have noticed that one of the best methods of helping this group of patients is by provision of a very effective intravenous sedation by an experienced person. So we use an experienced operating theater anaesthetist which can induce very deep and effective sedation by means of combination drugs (which only should be done by anaesthetist). We would be very happy to see you, assess your case and direct you in the best direction for your treatment in the most cost effective and comfortable way.