Is That Dentist’s Appointment Making You Anxious? Do your feet tremble at the mere mention of a dentist? If yes, then you are not alone. It is estimated that around one in six people avoid visiting the dentist because of anxiety issues or dental phobia. While dental anxiety, the usual nervousness felt before an impending dental visit, can be quite common, dental phobia is more serious. At The Precision DentalCare Delhi, we specialise in attending to patients who suffer from dental phobia.

Dental Phobia can be a serious condition in which patients have an intense fear of dentists. They become petrified, display classic avoidance behaviour and may even have panic attacks before a dental procedure. Though patients are usually aware that their fears are unfounded, they feel powerless to do anything to change the way they feel.When a dental problem becomes too much to bear, most patients who suffer from dental phobia literally have to be dragged to the dentist.

• Concerns about pain: If a person has had a traumatic dental experience previously, this can become the psychological basis of avoiding dental clinics in the future to prevent a repeat of the experience. Similarly patients may form exaggerated concerns of pain based on unpleasant tales told by their friends and family of visiting the dentist.

• Fear of injections: Some people are scared stiff of needles. The dread of a needle being inserted into their mouth, together with a feeling that the anaesthesia won’t be strong enough, causes many people to avoid visiting the dentist.

• Worry over side effects: Certain people dislike the lack of sensation linked to the use of a dental anaesthetic. Others fear side effects associated with the specific treatment they require.

• Loss of control: The imagined thought of having a dentist poke tools into the mouth, while lying helpless in a dentist’s chair, can result in a feeling of powerlessness and anxiety.

• Embarrassment: Many people are ashamed about the way their teeth look. They feel that the dentist will say something mortifying about their teeth or mouth odours, which would hurt their self esteem.

The Precision Dental Care Delhi is located in C-159 sarita vihar new Delhi-110076 (Next to Appollo hospital) and was established over 11 years by Dr. Mohit as a leading centre of dental excellence. If a patient has dental phobia, they can discuss their fears with our caring dentists in a relaxed and comfortable environment. Once our dentists know the specific reasons for your anxiety, they will work with you on how to reduce your fear, and hopefully not just help you overcome it but actually change your experience to an enjoyable one. Some of the methods we use to help patients with dental phobia include clarifying treatment details and analgesia requirements in depth, establishing signals, providing in-chair entertainment, hypnosis and much more.