Posts tagged 'dental anxiety'

It requires a degree of pragmatism to acknowledge that your chosen profession is not always greeted with enthusiasm. But specialist periodontist Reena Wadia has built her dental career on developing an empathetic understanding of patients’ dental phobia and trypanophobia, as well as honing the clinical skills with which to deliver her dentistry. She has a wealth of experience in managing he...

Please Will You Use The Magic Wand? Written By Guy Jackson BDS (London) DPDS (Bristol) MSc (Glasgow) Senior Dentist / Tutor (NHS Highland), Honorary Clinical Lecturer (Edinburgh Dental Institute). We began using The Wand® (computer controlled local anaesthetic administration delivery – CCLAD) in NHS Highland in 2005. In the High School dental unit, a Public Dental Service (PDS) children’s cli...

Managing Dental Anxiety Dental fear (also known as dental phobia, odontophobia, dentophobia, dentist phobia and dental anxiety) is the fear of dentistry and receiving dental care. Fear and anxiety, however, toward the dentist and dental treatment are both significant characteristics that contribute to avoidance of dental care. Delaying dental care due to anxiety prevents early diagnosis of den...