In many people, dental appointments evoke such a sense of stress and anxiety that even the thought makes their blood pressure shoot up. And if you happen to experience the same, you are not alone. Many people who have had a previous unpleasant experience or are afraid of the pain associated with injections become stressed when visiting the dentist. Some have heard of painful narratives from friends and relatives; while some have been scared by their mothers into completing tasks failing which they would be taken to the dentist for injections. Children particularly are afraid of a dentist because they think that their already painful condition might worsen. Let us explore the root cause of these fears.
Causes of dental anxiety
- Previous unpleasant or painful dental experience
- Childhood fear associated with stories told by elders of painful procedures performed by dentists
- People who fear injections also fear dental appointments since they think that they are synonymous
- Sometimes the fear is imaginary without any reason just because someone else had a bad experience
- Sometimes its associated with
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