The fear of dentists and dental procedures are issues often neglected. Many people in Australia and across the globe are suffering from dental anxiety and dental phobia. Dental Phobia is a serious and often paralysing fear of seeking dental care. According to the National Dental Anxiety and Fear Survey (a study funded by a grant from the Australian Dental Research Foundation and supported by the Australian Research Centre for Population Oral Health), 12-16% of the Australian adult population is experiencing dental fear. One can also find a dentist for the invisalign Auckland services.
On 13 March 2012, CBS News reported that 40 percent of the western population is affected by dental fear. This is based on a study conducted by the University of Sydney Faculty of Dentistry. A recent telephone survey in Australia showed that a person with severe dental anxiety waits 17 days on average before making an appointment, as opposed to 3 days people without dental fears wait.
Dental anxiety and dentophobia has serious implications on one’s oral health. People who have fear of dentists and dental procedures neglect to maintain their oral health by avoiding trips to the dentist, which results to creating more serious problems. They will often go for years without visiting the dentist, hoping that they can avoid toothaches and avoid any need to make an appointment. Thus, minor dental requirements may result to conditions that will require a more complex dental procedure. Forgoing dental treatment can end up into development of cavities, of the person to lose teeth, have altered appearance, and even have more serious afflictions like gum disease. Poor oral health has been linked to several other medical conditions such as heart disease and lung infections.
With the statistics this staggering, dental surgeon Dr Paolo Pinho and his associates at the Wisdom Dental Emergency recognizes the need to prioritize alleviating dental fears through the use of sleep dentistry/sedation dentistry and a warm and caring staff. For most people seeing the dentist is just another part of everyday life but for others sleep dentistry can mean a world of difference.
Oral Sedation gives patients a way to combat fear and anxiety when completing dental procedures, and can be the difference between an anxious, stressful dental experience and a comfortable, pleasant one. Our goal at Wisdom Dental Emergency is to educate our patients in preventing dental disease, and extinguish fear at its root. As a last resource, we offer sedation if a patient’s anxiety prevents them from getting the care they need.
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