It can be a very uncomfortable feeling when you have a phobia about something in life; in most situations you can simply avoid the problem of what it is that scares you: i.e. if you don’t like roller-coasters, you won’t get on one. That however isn’t so easy when it comes to getting the treatment you need to maintain your oral health if your phobia centres about going to the dentist. More people suffer from this in Chepstow more than you may realise, so you aren’t alone. Of course that doesn’t help any when you need to get treated, especially with complex procedures. There are many things that can often be deep rooted in your psyche as to why you fear the dentist, past personal experiences to things that have happened at the dentist to friends or family, and these phobias can grow and fester inside of you. But it is vitally important to your health that you confront your fears head on and the biggest irony on this is if you sit down with your dentist and hammer out your issues, you may find that your dentist will be more than understanding of your problems; modern dentists are trained in the worries that their patients have. In these cases, a lot of fear can come from your ignorance of how modern dentists operate and how sophisticated modern treatments have become less painful. The more you learn, the more you can begin to have a say in what you need doing; in extreme cases, you can be put under completely, but this is your right and as you are paying for it all, you are perfectly justified in making decisions about your treatments. Talk to the Clifton Dental Studio in Bristol: they are experts in the field of dental phobias; they serve the area and can give you some brilliant problem-solving advice on how to overcome the fears you may have.
Dr Gerrard is a Bristol based Cosmetic dentist with many years of experience and is one of only a small number of dentists accredited by The British Academy of Cosmetic Dentistry