It is very common for people to be nervous about having either medical or dental treatment; many people have such severe phobias that they avoid going to the doctor or dentist until they are in agonising pain.
There are many different reasons why people may fear going to see their doctor or dentist; they may have had negative experiences in the past, they may be scared of pain, they may have a fear of needles and injections when having treatments like root canal treatment, they may have a negative perception of dentists or doctors from stories they have read in the media or heard from friends and they may be embarrassed about the state of their general or oral health.
Now, doctors and dentists are taught to deal with nervous patients and can take steps to make the experience as comfortable and stress-free as possible. For dental patients, there is now a range of different methods of administering local anaesthetic and those with severe anxiety can be sedated so that they feel nothing during the procedure. Many dentists also offer distractions for patients including massage chairs, DVDs and relaxing music. New dental and medical surgeries that cater specifically for nervous patients are popping up all over the country
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