Dental anxiety is a pervasive issue that affects a significant portion of your patient base. It can manifest as anything from mild unease to full-blown panic attacks, making it a major obstacle for ...

Dental professionals find it difficult to identify patients with severe dental anxiety. At the same time, patients are reluctant to talk about their fears and hope that the staff will understand ...

The high-pitched whirring of a dentist’s drill is one of the most anxiety-inducing sounds for many people. About a third of the U.S. population avoid going to the dentist out of anxiety or fear, ...

Sarah DeOpsomer’s fear of the dentist started in her childhood. DeOpsomer, who lives in Bozeman, Montana, says the dentist didn't give her numbing agents like novocaine when she was a child in England ...

A pioneering study led by the University of Sheffield and Sheffield Teaching Hospitals will investigate whether Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) could help reduce the worryingly high number of ...

Wearing glasses with green lenses for 10 minutes prior to third-molar surgery may reduce the dental anxiety and heart rate of patients, according to a study published on March 21 in the Journal of the ...

Ellie Heidari does not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any company or organization that would benefit from this article, and has disclosed no relevant affiliations beyond ...

The high cost of dental care can cause frustration and anxiety, but on Tuesday, Comfort Dental gave people a reason to smile during the the 40th year of “Care Day.” ...