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The so-called dental fear is called dental phobia, dental anxiety or dental fear abroad. This refers to a group of abnormal psychological, physical, and behavioral conditions related to dental treatment. It is manifested by the patient's nervousness, anxiety, fear before and during treatment, and his inability to control his emotions and behaviors. The clinical manifestations are rapid heartbeat, abnormal blood pressure, sweating, multilingualism, muscle tension, pale and even syncope. Patients will also avoid medical treatment, unwilling to undergo dental treatment and inspection, unwilling to cooperate with the doctor's medical treatment and so on.

Dental fear

The so-called dental fear is called dental phobia, dental anxiety or dental fear abroad. This refers to a group of abnormal psychological, physical, and behavioral conditions related to dental treatment. It is manifested by the patient's nervousness, anxiety, fear before and during treatment, and his inability to control his emotions and behaviors. The clinical manifestations are rapid heartbeat, abnormal blood pressure, sweating, multilingualism, muscle tension, pale and even syncope. Patients will also avoid medical treatment, unwilling to undergo dental treatment and inspection, unwilling to cooperate with the doctor's medical treatment and so on.

Chinese name

Dental fear

Foreign name

dental phobia

nickname

dental anxiety

Meaning

Abnormal psychology related to dental treatment

According to foreign

The dangers of dental fear are multifaceted:

1. From the perspective of the patient, the patient s fear of looking at the teeth and poor coordination will inevitably affect the mood and state of the doctor, and affect the effect of clinical treatment. If dental disease is not effectively treated or interrupted halfway, it will further harm the patient s

The treatment of dental fear is the task of the whole society, including strengthening oral health education, changing traditional concepts, improving diagnosis and treatment conditions, and so on. In this regard, after years of accumulation in developed western countries, a relatively complete set of diagnosis and treatment and theoretical systems has indeed been formed. At present, China is still in its initial stage in this regard.

From a medical perspective, there are three main ways to treat dental fear:

1. Psycho-behavioral therapy: mainly includes communication to build trust, explain the process of diagnosis and treatment, the treatment content from simple to complex step-by-step desensitization and hypnosis and so on.

2. Dental Painless Treatment: Including a variety of instruments, equipment, drugs, etc. used in dental treatment.

3. Drug sedation treatment: including laughing gas, oral sedative drugs, intravenous sedative drugs, etc., the effect of sedation technology on dental fear is quite certain. Different sedation techniques have their own advantages and disadvantages and indications, which need to be selected according to the patient's situation and the specific content of the diagnosis and treatment.