Origin of dentophobia

For about 30% of our patients, the origin of their dental phobia dates back to childhood and is due to traumatic experiences during dental treatments. The pain experienced during treatment are equally often mentioned that the brutal and callous behavior of the dentist. Another third of respondents is the beginning of their phobia in scary stories reported by others, often the parents. No origin phobia can be determined for the third.

The percentage of the latter group should be certainly higher. Dental phobia is indeed often a kind of primitive fear deeply rooted in the subconscious and irrational, such as fear of spiders or mice. This is confirmed by our observations that the number of cases has even increased over the past twenty years that dentistry today is an objective point of view much more "human" than before.

The main reasons mentioned for dentophobie "pure fear of the dentist"

It is not surprising that almost half of patients surveyed consider the fear of pain as the main reason for their dental phobia. This corresponds to conventional stereotypes that associate dental pain dental treatments that are happening today generally painless.

Fear or phobia of injections is also a pattern that is often cited by dentophobiques patients. The injection of local anesthesia today is an integral part of many dental treatments and is accepted by most patients willy nilly because it reduces the pain experienced during treatment. In such cases, the extreme fear often leaves no room for the slightest ratio

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