Dentophobia, as can be judged by the name, is a phobia (abnormal fear) of dentists and dental and oral treatment. A third of the human population suffers from this phobia. In this regard, for example, it is very difficult to install tooth implants Turkey and around the globe. People are afraid of dentists more than any other specialists. Patients with such fear do not go to a specialist until very recently.

It manifests itself in the form of fear of dentists, with about 5% of patients visiting the dentist leads to a real panic. Usually people just don`t come to the dentist, hoping for "it will pass by itself". It will not pass by itself - therefore, in order to combat dentophobia, it is necessary to convey this idea to the patient.

Basically, dentophobia manifests itself as a fear of dental treatment in general, in some cases - a fear of a dentist specialist, a fear of medical instruments or a defenseless position of the body in front of a stranger. Dentophobia is a widespread phenomenon, and has a very rich symptomatology and history.

How can dentophobia manifest itself:

• Changes in the work of the heart, increase or decrease in blood pressure
• A feeling of excitement in the muscles – the body, in anticipation of danger, activates and prepares for protection
• Increase in pupil size
• Reflex actions - patients with severe dentophobia can hit a doctor
• Feeling of severe discomfort
• Pallor, weakness in the muscles
• Loss of consciousness

Feeling fear is absolutely normal. This is due to evolution and the instinct of self-preservation. No healthy person, knowing that somewhere he will definitely feel pain, will not run there with joy. It all depends on whether a person is able to fight his fear – if he is able, then there is nothing wrong with being afraid of dentists. The helpless position in which you are in the dentist`s chair, manipulations taking place dangerously close to the organs of vision and the brain, cannot but frighten a person banally due to evolutionary processes.

All diseases, and phobias are diseases, have some kind of beginning. Development is gradual, but always has a starting point. In the case of dentophobia , the causes of occurrence can serve as:

• Cases of negative treatment (a tooth painfully torn out in childhood can provoke the development of a phobia)
• Other people `s stories
• The impression of medical care even in other areas (surgery, cardiology, etc.)
• Arising against the background of other people`s opinions of a stable image of danger

In general, of course, our phobias are biologically conditioned - evolution has taught people to be afraid of dangers in order to survive.

There is a congenital form of dentophobia – it is extremely rare, and is not a fear of dental treatment as such, but a fear of manipulation in the oral cavity. This is just as normal as the fear of darkness or depth. Dentists in Turkey successfully fight against mild and severe forms of dentophobia.

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The fear of dentists, in a sense, is a normal phenomenon – the body is trying to "push away" the danger. The "beat-run" scheme embedded in us by evolution will not come out of human instincts in any way. However, this does not mean that you should turn a blind eye to a phobia. If a person can cope with his fear– this is not a diagnosis, but simply emotional experiences.

You can fight with a mild form without visiting doctors, and without taking any medications. The main thing is to remember a few facts:

• Healthy teeth are a healthy body. Diseases of the teeth or oral cavity are one of the most painful phenomena. Therefore, the sooner you seek dental care, the better it will be for you.
• Read and learn all about the dentist who will see you. If you are firmly confident in his competence and the high quality of services provided in the clinic, dental service Turkey the fear will be much less
• The atmosphere of the reception is very important. It will be much better if the doctor who treats you is a friend of yours, or a doctor who has treated your friends or relatives before, and they recommended him to you. Talk to a specialist, defuse the situation with jokes, and try to trust the doctor
• If possible, exclude all factors that may strain or annoy you. If, for example, the smell of medicines in the office is unpleasant to you, ask them to get rid of them somehow.
• Decide what you are most afraid of in the dentist`s office. Are you afraid of the unprofessionalism of the doctor? Go to an appointment with someone you are completely sure of. Ask a specialist, or read on the forums about how the treatment will take place.

If the above methods do not help, contact a psychologist or a psychiatrist (depending on the severity of the phobia). For those cases when patients cannot transfer the treatment process in any way, procedures such as sedation are provided – a drug-induced sleep in which the patient is immersed before surgery. Unlike general anesthesia, sleep under the influence of sedatives is not as deep. With the help of sedation, for example, it is possible to easily and painlessly get lumineers in private and public dentistry in Alanya also How much veneers cost?.

Before taking it, you can drink soothing medications, or use folk remedies, such as:

• Chamomile
• Motherwort
• St. John `s Wort
• Hawthorn

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The best choice for dentophobes is sedation, a drug-induced sleep in which the patient is immersed by taking sedatives in combination with local anesthesia, which will relieve him of all unpleasant pain sensations. During sedation, there is no such deep sleep as with general anesthesia, and the patient, if necessary, can even follow the doctor`s commands.

General anesthesia in dentistry is a more common phenomenon, while the patient`s consciousness is completely absent. It is more difficult than sedation and causes deeper sleep. At the same time, high-quality general anesthesia is an expensive pleasure. You will have to pay about the same amount for high-quality anesthesia as you will have to put veneers.

Thus, dentophobia is a real problem for people who have any problems with their teeth. Fortunately, modern medicine does not involve terrible pain and terrible sensations during operations. The current level of development of dentistry allows us to say that there will be fewer and fewer cases of acquired dentophobia, and it will not be so uncomfortable for people with an existing phobia to visit a dentist.