Dentophobia - Fear of dentists

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Dentophobia, or fear of dentists, is a common phobia among people of all ages. It is sometime srelated to iatrophobia, or fear of doctors, as well as trypanophobia, or fear of needles, dentophobia mild or severe, and can eventully lead to devastating consequences.Survey estimate that many people suffer from this condition to varying degrees, and fortunately there are assortments of ways to treat and deal with dental phobia. Dentophobia is the fear of dentist. The origin of the word Dento is Latin meaning tooth or teeth and phobia is Greek meaning fear. Dentophobia is considered to be a specific phobia.
Dentophobia can be divided into numerous elements. Most people with this phobia fear more than one element, while those with severe dentophobia may fear all or most elements simultaneously.

What are the causes?
It is generally accepted that phobias arise from a combination of external events (i.e. traumatic events) and internal predispositions (i.e. heredity or genetics). Many specific phobias can be traced back to a specific triggering event, usually a traumatic experience at an early age. Social phobias and agoraphobia have more complex causes that are not entirely known at this time. It is believed that heredity, genetics, and brain chemistry combine with life-experiences to play a major role in the development of phobias.

Symptoms:-

As with any phobia, the symptoms vary by person depending on their level of fear. The symptoms typically include extreme anxiety, dread and anything associated with panic such as shortness of breath, rapid breathing, irregular heartbeat, sweating, excessive sweating, nausea, dry mouth, nausea, inability to articulate words or sentences, dry mouth and shaking.

Treatment:-

Energy Psychology
Energy Psychology is a type of therapy that uses various techniques, such as acupressure, yoga, t ai chi, prana, qi gong, and energy medicine, which teach people simple steps for making changes in their lives. The techniques stimulate energy points on the surface of the skin which, when paired with specific psychological procedures, can shift the brain’s electrochemistry. While this type of therapy is still a controversial area, it appears to be very help with dealing with phobias.

 

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