Dental Anxiety: A Self-fulfilling Prophecy
Dental Anxiety: A Self-fulfilling Prophecy There are people who would rather endure the excruciating pain of a toothache than pay their dentists a visit. According to the Academy of General Dentistry, about 25 million Americans refuse to get dental treatment due to fear. Millions of people prefer to live with their dental problems to avoid the procedures to fix them. Odontophobia is an irrational fear of dental surgery. Most people experience dental phobia due to the anticipation of the pain rather than the pain itself. Based on studies, the most known cause of dental anxiety is the memory of an...