Nervous Patients

Dentalcare Bath welcomes and supports nervous patients

Being frightened of seeing the dentist is common, but for some people the experience is genuinely terrifying. It can mean having a dental phobia or experiencing dental anxiety. 

Sometimes this fear is due to a bad experience that has happened in the past, sometimes a dental phobia is to do with being frightened of pain, needles or injections. Perhaps you have dental anxiety about the treatment needed or maybe it is just a fear of the unknown? 

Whatever the reason, at Dentalcare Bath, we understand that this fear is very real and frightening for some people. Our caring and understanding team are well experienced to help anxious patients get the dental care you need, and we have lots of tips to help you through your fear. 

Dental anxiety and dental phobias can lead to problems where you might avoid seeing the dentist for long periods of time which can consequently affect your dental health. This leads to a cycle where any dental problems become worse and potentially more expensive the longer that they are left untreated. 

At Dentalcare Bath we aim to break this cycle in small steps to make you feel more comfortable. Initially we will start by just talking to you and then progressing to visits to the surgery where you can look round and see for yourself the different processes. 

Dental phobia and anxiety about the dentist can be caused by a variety of reasons. Perhaps you’ve had a bad experience at the dentist when you were a child or in the past? Or perhaps embarrassment about your teeth makes you scared of visiting the dentist? Maybe it’s just fear of the unknown?

Dental anxiety and dental phobia can lead to a cycle of fear where you avoid a regular dental check-up which means you miss out on vital treatment. This in turn leads to more complex dental problems with potentially more expensive consequences.

At Dentalcare Bath we believe that everyone has the right to dental treatment, and we work hard to achieve that.

Our staff are experts in helping patients that are nervous. We know that a dental phobia is not imaginary or a weakness, but simply a different and very real perception.

The first step is to break the cycle of fear and to get in touch with us. We can talk to you and offer advice on the phone and then progress little by little into visits to the surgery and then to eventually having a very routine check-up before any treatment is even administered.