fear of dentists

[cazzz1975]

just following on from the previous question, I was wondering what has prompted a fear of dentists, a friend of mine said when he was a child in the 60's the dentist used to poke a hole in his tooth with a metal proddy thing thus causing him to need a filling a few months later. this made him very fearful of dentists.

where has you fear derived?

[beejay1124]

their bad breath

[jno]

painful drilling, painful extractions. just plain clodhopping clumsiness of past dentists. But all the dentists I have had for the last 20 years or so have been fine - careful and considerate.

[emmie]

the masks they used to administer the gas, horrible smell, and if you are a little child sitting in a wacking great chair, and the noise and smell of the drill who wouldn't be scared stiff. Life long phobic.

[joeluke]

Sitting in the waiting room as a child listening to the fearful sound of the dentists drill

[Bobbisox]

everything about the place, and yet I am a good friend of our Dentist...

[craft1948]

After 5 years getting used to my dentist he has now retired...........I'm dreading finding a new one.

[SlackAlice]

Had to have 2 teeth out when a child. Didn't have a clue what was happening and then the dentist stuck that gas mask over my face. Put me off dentists for over 15 yrs.

I've now found a dentist that's extremely good and who had the patience to persevere with me. If she ever moved, I would have to move as well!

[rsvp]

as a young child I used to have to go to dentist/doctors appointments on my own as both my parents were working full time - can remember having various procedures which today, would require extensive back-up support by any number of government financed groups - in my day it was called family support. It's what you make of it - also it's if you take on board that today's dentistry has progressed to such an extent that it is virtually painless. Ditch the baggage and the past and take on board what the present has to offer.

[Bobbisox]

rsvp, I wish I could record this and play it over and over again..thanks :-(

[rsvp]

bobbi - you are very, very welcome - honestly, it'll be a walk in the park -just think how lucky you are - millions of women give birth in terrible conditions, far too many children have little or no medical facilities - you are going to a dentist in a first world country and have absolutely nothing in the world to worry about. ....... don't get much better than that girl --------where do we meet for that drink afterwards?!

[Bobbisox]

He's just rang me rsvp, with great reassurances, even offered to see me now but as I am in no pain I thought I would say No...

[brenda]

I had a dentist as a child, who wore an old fashioned hearing aid with a mic in his top pocket.When you sat down in the chair he would switch it off.I have been terrified of the dentist ever since.

[Bobbisox]

brenda I do believe as a few have said, it is the morbid fear of the Dentists when we were kids?
(No good going to Beamish tomorrow then ..;-(, that horrible old fashioned Dentist Surgery,,eh?)

[brenda]

Lol -- Bobbi , went there a while ago and almost fainted at the dentistry.Wimp that I am.

[Bobbisox]

No wimp Brenda, that is enough to put any kid going to the Dentist, off for life isn't it ?

[sandyRoe]

Ladies in the Coleraine area might have had good cause to fear their dentist. One recently admitted to molesting some patients while they were under the influence of the anaesthetic.

[Bobbisox]

ooohhh, Sandy...that's shocking, the dirty perv !

this is our local surgery in this picture..lol
http://www.flickr.com...ishmuseum/5168676427/

[missprim]

I always worry if they change their gloves after every patient.Can't stand the thought that they have been probing about in someone else's mouths without changing their gloves then delving into my mouth :-o

[Bobbisox]

I am sure they have to Missprim,