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Parts of the website are still under construction - this can make it difficult to navigate. So here are the links to existing pages:
Common Fears
- What is dental phobia?
- Corah's Dental Anxiety Scale (PDF download for researchers)
- Dental Fears - The Basics
- Fear of "The Dentist"
- Embarrassment
- "My teeth are the worst the dentist has ever seen!"
- Loss of control
- Pain
- Needle Phobia
- Fear of the sights, sounds, and smells
- How to deal with a bad gag reflex
- Panicking or Crying
- Drill Phobia
- Fear of feeling numb
- Fear of unnecessary or wrong dental treatment
- Cosmetic Dentistry
- Allergy to "novacaine"
- Can't get numb?
- "Treating Anxious Patients Like Me"
- Fear of needing extensive treatment
- Cost of dental treatment
- Fear of or difficulties with brushing teeth
- Tips for Abuse Survivors and their Dentists
- Sexual Abuse in Childhood and Dental Fear - Interview
Help With Overcoming Fears
What steps can I take?
- Identifying your fears
- Making up your mind
- Finding the Right Dentist
- Doomsday - The first appointment
- The Aftermath and the Neuropsychology of Fear
- Finding a Therapist
- Tips and Tricks
- Depressed or Suicidal? Where to get help
- Special Needs and Dental Treatment
Psychological methods for overcoming fears:
- Overview of psychological methods
- Distraction (article by Lloyd Jerome)
- Relaxation and Hypnosis
- Stressbuster MP3 (right-click or control-click on a Mac, then choose "Save Link As..." to download to your computer)
- Tell-Show-Do
Pharmacological methods for overcoming fears:
- Dental Sedation Main Page
- Inhalation Sedation (Laughing Gas)
- IV Sedation
- Oral Sedation
- General Anaesthesia
Download Center
- Tips for Abuse Survivors and their Dentists (PDF download)
- Sample letter to prospective dentists (Word document download)
- What I Fear (PDF download)
- What Might Help Me (PDF download)
- "Handle Me With Care" Patient Form (PDF downoad)
Dentistry for Dummies
Dental Procedures:
- Dental Check-ups
- Dental Cleanings
- What is Deep Cleaning?
- Healing after tooth removal and other oral surgery
Dental Technologies and Gadgets:
Resources
- Dental Phobia Links and Forums
- Find-a-Dentist Resources
- Verify a dentist's license to practice
- Dental Health Information Resources
- Dental Forums
- Dental Helplines and Free Dental Advice
- Dental Dictionaries
- Dentures - Advice, Resources and Forums
- Anxiety Self-Help
- Friends of Dental Fear Central
Dental Anxiety - For Professionals
- Courses and Free Online Learning Resources
- Join the Dental Anxiety Network
- Dental Patient Forms
- "Handle me with care" form (our short version, PDF file)
- "Handle me with care form" (original form, Word document)
- Classic text on Iatrosedation (PDF file)
- Tips for Abuse Survivors and Their Dentists (PDF file)
- Meeting and greeting anxious patients
Dentist Reviews and Recommendations (Database)
Archive:
Dentist Reviews and Recommendations:
- East of England
- East Midlands
- London
- North West
- North East
- South West
- South East
- West Midlands
- Yorkshire and the Humber
- Channel Islands, Isle of Man etc.
- Scotland
- Wales
- Northern Ireland
- Ireland
- Alabama
- Alaska
- Arizona
- Arkansas
- California
- Colorado
- Connecticut
- Delaware
- District of Columbia
- Florida
- Georgia
- Hawaii
- Idaho
- Illinois
- Indiana
- Iowa
- Kansas
- Kentucky
- Louisiana
- Maine
- Maryland
- Massachusetts
- Michigan
- Minnesota
- Mississippi
- Missouri
- Montana
- Nebraska
- Nevada
- New Hampshire
- New Jersey
- New Mexico
- New York
- North Carolina
- North Dakota
- Ohio
- Oklahoma
- Oregon
- Pennsylvania
- Rhode Island
- South Carolina
- South Dakota
- Tennessee
- Texas
- Utah
- Vermont
- Virginia
- Washington
- West Virginia
- Wisconsin
- Wyoming
- Canada
- Australia
- New Zealand
- Europe
- Rest of the World
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Dental Phobia Forum
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Support
- Support
- Support p2
- Support p3
- Support p4
- Support p5
- Support p6
- Support p7
- Support p8
- Journals
- Your Top Tips
Your Dentistry Questions Answered
- Your Dentistry Questions Answered
- Your Dentistry Questions Answered p2
- Your Dentistry Questions Answered p3
- Your Dentistry Questions Answered p4
Dentistry Questions Archive:
- Dental Health
- Gum Trouble
- Problems during dental treatment
- Dental Pain and Tooth Problems
- Sedation
- Dental Procedures & Materials
- Dental Procedures & Materials p2
- Wizzie World
- Tooth Removal
- Dentures
- Jaw Problems, Nightguards, and Braces
- Odds & Sods
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