Your oral health is a very important aspect of your life: keeping your teeth and gums clean and free of disease and decay is something you should be aware of each day and try to get right. Your dentist is also there to back you up if you need repairs when things go wrong. However, if you suffer from some level of dental phobia, this can prevent you getting the treatment you need to maintain your oral health, and if the teeth and gums fall into disrepair and situations become complex, it will make it doubly difficult to go for treatment. Phobias need to be flushed out and overcome and the only way to do this is to seek professional counselling to get to the root of what it is that scares you about going to the dentist, and strange as it seems, your dentist should be one of the people to talk to about this; they understand the nature of dental phobia and how it affects patients. The more you learn about modern dentistry, what is being offered and the more you chip away at your phobia- at your own pace, the more you can get involved with your treatments and make choices about what you would like to be done. This is a serious condition, but if you beat it, you can beat anything and remain healthy. For more advice on fighting your phobias, call Clifton Dental of Bristol; this team of experts can help you make the right choices in Swindon and help you to get over your fears.
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