fear of dentists

[cazzz1975]

just following on from the previous question, I was wondering what has prompted a fear of dentists, a friend of mine said when he was a child in the 60's the dentist used to poke a hole in his tooth with a metal proddy thing thus causing him to need a filling a few months later. this made him very fearful of dentists.

where has you fear derived?

[WILLWONKER]

Simple answer is, the fear of pain.

[starone]

The school dentist - we had them in my day. My father used to drag me screaming into the room where they put a huge rubber thing over my face in order to render me insensible while they extracted my tooth, or teeth. I go every six months now but still hate it.

[Bobbisox]

I think the by-gone Dentists have a lot to answer for Star :-(

[Everhelpful]

Wouldn't worry too much,Bobbi,last time I went he said my Teeth were OK but my Gums had to come out. I eventually had to have my all my Teeth out and I said "Never again"!!

[Bobbisox]

I am pleased I am going out tonight EH, take my mid off it for tonight, anyway..lol

[boxtops]

I didn't go for years - and then regretted it when I had to have a lot of treatment as a result. I don't like going - but if the worse thing which happens is the dentist sticks the anaesthetic needle in me, so I can't feel a thing after that, I can live with it.

[askyourgran]

The School dentist, he was a miserable so and so. He Marathon man look like Noddy. This was in the late 1940's no needles to dull the pain and only gas masks which made you think you were being smothered, I was absolutely terrified, a dark room with just a spotlight above the dentist chair. It took me ages to pluck up courage to go after I left school.

[wemakesmiles]

It's reasonable to suppose that any hole that forms in your body that wasn't present at birth will be uncomfortable, at least at first. When it comes to teeth, this isn't always the case.
Cavities that generate holes don't always cause pain. It all depends on where they are. Cavities start on the tooth's enamel, or outside layer, where there are no nerves. The nerve isn't damaged until the erosion becomes deeper, and pain becomes an issue. The sooner you treat a cavity, the less likely you are to have pain and the less apparent the cavity will become.
Unfortunately, some people are unaware that they have an issue with their teeth until they are in pain or a hole develops as a result of decay. If you have a hole that isn't causing you any discomfort, it's only a matter of time before it causes you pain. It's possible that the deterioration will never go far enough inward to produce pain.

A hole in your tooth can be treated in a number of ways, including:

- Root canals are a type of root canal treatment.

-Fillings

-Getting the Tooth Out

In the vast majority of cases, a hole in your tooth can be avoided. The greatest strategy to keep bacteria under control and avoid decay is to practice good dental hygiene.

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