For many people, dental anxiety is related to a fear of pain. They’re worried that going to the dentist is going to hurt. However, for many people, dental anxiety has a very different source: embarrassment. People are embarrassed about many different things at the dentist, but some of the more common concerns [...]Read More
Have you ever visited the dentist for a procedure and when it came time to give you a local anesthetic, you couldn’t get numb? This unfortunate situation could leave you feeling pain during a dental procedure and provide an overall bad experience at the dentist. So why can’t you get numb? The inability to [...]Read More
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If you have anxiety, you are probably sick of people telling you to just relax. They act like your anxiety is somehow your choice, and, if you want to, you can just make a choice to stop being anxious. Hopefully, they will sit up and take notice of a new study showing that anxiety is [...]Read More
