Dentist Anxiety - Overcoming Your Fears
Approximately fifteen percent of the population in the United States suffers from dentist anxiety, also called dental phobia. It is not a made up phobia but as with other phobias, it is actually based on irrational fears but there are ways to overcome this phobia. For some, this phobia is debilitating. It can cause people to skip dental checkups like having dental fillings or even not go to the dentist at all. teeth whitening Causes of dentist anxiety Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) or anxiety disorder-there are some that suffer from PTSD or general anxiety disorder and having dentist phobia is just one of their many fears they suffer from. Abusive history -if someone has a history of being a victim of emotional or sexual abuse they may associate similar fears with they are under the care of an authority figure, like the dentist. Even though there is no incidents of abuse the dentist may appear abusive to them, especially if it is a stern dentist. Wa...