Are you afraid of visiting the dentist? According to recent research, phobias afflict roughly 13% of the population. However, it’s also believed that this number could be much higher as people often conceal phobias for fear of embarrassment.
Being afraid of the dentist can lead to serious oral health issues if treatment is neglected for long periods of time. Many phobic patients delay seeing their dentist for a multitude of reasons. Your Lake Orion sedation dentist, Dr. Brad Greenfield, outlines dental phobia, and how he can make patients feel comfortable during future visits.
What is Dental Phobia?
Dental phobia, or dentophobia as it’s often referred to, can be a crippling issue for some patients. Long dismissed as a basic fear of going to the dentist, dentophobia can have a profound impact on a person’s life. For years, people griped over visiting their dentist twice a year, but they still manage to find their way into the office. For patients with dentophobia, this simply isn’t the case.
