"If children have a good imagination they generally tend to have fears about going to the dentist then as a grown up they can get very frightened." Maybe the thing with dentistry is that it feels like more of a non compulsory treatment.
For some, it's the white coat not the dentist that's the difficulty Ms Freeman announces dental phobia can be down to one of 3 reasons : fake connections, learning problems and those with a wider mental disorder. Professor Ruth Freeman A fear of dentists may also be related to learning problems, and these patients can be referred to specialists who can
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spend longer explaining procedures and putting them at their ease.
