Do you suffer from dental anxiety? Dental anxiety is a condition in which an individual feels stress or anxiousness over the idea of receiving an oral health care treatment or procedure from a dentist or even from visiting a dentist office. Fortunately, sedation dentistry exists to help provide individuals with relaxing and calming sedatives to […]
Relevant Information Concerning Dental Anxiety
Have you ever suffered from dental anxiety before? Dental anxiety is an oral health condition in which a patient suffers fear or stress due to the idea of oral health care treatments or visiting the dentist office. Fortunately, it can be treated. If you suffer from dental anxiety, there may be sedatives available at your […]
Will a dentist pull all my teeth?
Would a dentist have any ethical problems about removing all my teeth if there isn’t a medical necessity for it? I really hate going to the dentist. It makes me physically ill. I just feel if I take out all my teeth and get dentures. Stacey A. – Little Rock, AR Stacey, It sounds like […]
Not Sure I Trust My Dentist
I went in for a tooth that has started hurting. My dentist did an x-ray. When he did he found a severly infected tooth. He told me he’d go in and clean it out, but that the infection was so bad in all likelihood he would have to extract the tooth. After that, I would […]
How do I handle dental fear if I’ve got a tooth infection?
I have a tooth infection that I really need to deal with, but I have an unusually high amount of dental fear. The last time I tried to go I didn’t even make it from the reception area to the dental chair. Is there anything that can help? I am in a lot of pain. […]
Sedation for teeth extractions
I am having all my teeth removed to get dentures. This happened because I am so afraid of needles and the dentist in general that I never took care of my teeth. I always found some reason to cancel the appointment until last year when I ended up in so much pain I couldn’t avoid […]