{"id":24046,"date":"2015-05-04T20:32:27","date_gmt":"2015-05-04T18:32:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/?p=24046"},"modified":"2015-05-04T20:32:27","modified_gmt":"2015-05-04T18:32:27","slug":"on-dental-fear","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/2015\/05\/04\/on-dental-fear\/","title":{"rendered":"On dental fear"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Apparently, both dental fear and dental phobia<\/a> are a thing, and not something I made up in my head:<\/p>\n

It is estimated that as many as 75% of US adults experience some degree of dental fear, from mild to severe.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span>Approximately 5 to 10 percent of U.S. adults are considered to experience dental phobia; that is, they are so fearful of receiving dental treatment that they avoid dental care at all costs.\u00a0Many dentally fearful people will only seek dental care when they have a dental emergency, such as a toothache or dental abscess.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

There’s a questionnaire in existence (Corah’s Dental Anxiety Scale<\/a>) to diagnose it. \u00a0I scored 17 out of 20, so, yeah – severe anxiety of phobia, but could be slightly worse. \u00a0Treatment, interestingly, can combine both behavioral techniques, such as positive reinforcement, and pharmacological solutions such as sedation and anesthesia.<\/p>\n

And, for those who want to explore this even further, Dental Fear Central<\/a> is a good place to start.<\/p>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\n

Apparently, both dental fear and dental phobia are a thing, and not something I made up in my head: It is estimated that as many as 75% of US adults experience some degree of dental fear, from mild to severe.\u00a0\u00a0Approximately 5 to 10 percent of U.S. adults are considered to experience dental phobia; that is, … Continue reading On dental fear<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"On dental fear","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[1,2],"tags":[350,1146,791],"keyring_services":[],"class_list":["post-24046","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-general","category-personal","tag-health","tag-psychology","tag-teeth"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":16699,"url":"https:\/\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/2012\/09\/11\/dentist\/","url_meta":{"origin":24046,"position":0},"title":"Dentist","author":"Leonid Mamchenkov","date":"September 11, 2012","format":"image","excerpt":"And that's exactly why I don't go to dentists. \u00a0The better ones might use slightly more delicate and expensive tools, but the general principles of dental \"medicine\" still apply. \u00a0No, thanks. 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