SEDATION AND COMFORT
Dentophobia is a fear of dental treatment. Dentophobic patients go to the dentist only in extreme cases, such as acute toothache or inflammation.
Nowadays, fear of a dentist (in a different grades) is experienced by at least one third of the world’s population, i.e. almost every third person in a world. One of the main causes of fear is the patient’s personal negative experience related with previous visits to the dentist. Especially if such visits were associated with any painful manipulations.
Speaking about the reasons, quite often noted a features of toothache, which inherent with special acuity and strength. The proximity of vital organs – the brain, organs of vision, make headache and toothache especially significant for the human self-preservation instinct.
