Odontophobia = Fear of Dentistry As dental health professionals, we understand odontophobia is a real problem for many people. You wouldn’t believe how many of us in the dental field dread having our own teeth worked on! However, we also know how important it is to have routine, preventative dental care. It’s been estimated that […]
Fear of Pain is Worse than Pain
Dread means to anticipate with great apprehension or fear. All of us understand the fear aspect of dread, but an overlooked one is the “anticipation.” This aspect is as important to the definition of dread as the word fear. Dread almost always relates to future events—the worsening of a situation or continuation of a situation […]