Dental phobia is a fear, or phobia, traditionally defined as an irrational and exaggerated fear of dentists and dental procedures. Some controversy exists with regards to whether the fear is "irrational", as dental phobia is most commonly caused by previous bad experiences. Furthermore, there appear to be several subtypes of dental phobia, which to date have not been adequately described and categorized, for example "fear of dentists" versus "fear of specific dental procedures", needle phobia, and dental phobia resulting from previous, perhaps unrelated, abuse. Not all of these fears can be deemed irrational.

Dental phobia may better be defined as an extreme and persistent fear which results in the individual's avoidance of attending a dentist at all costs, unless possibly when a physical problem becomes overwhelming. Even thinking or hearing about going to the dentist will cause marked psychological distress, and the phobia may interfere with social functioning.

According to the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-IV), dental phobia (which may also be referred to as odontophobia, dentophobia, dentist phobia, or dental anxiety) is one of the specific phobias. The diagnostic criteria of specific phobia include

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Met a strange young lady dentist- suffers fm DENTOPHOBIA (fear of GETTING dental care)....but PROVIDES good dental care....talk bout irony.
manojBALRAJ (Manoj B Nambiar) Wed, 04 Nov 2009 07:18:49 -0000
Met a strange young lady dentist- suffers fm DENTOPHOBIA (fear of GETTING dental care)....but PROVIDES good dental care....talk bout irony.
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So am at a new dentist and there is a guy literally having a panic attack about being here...didn't think that dentophobia was real #fb
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Dentophobia- Fear of dentists. you dont even know how much i hate dentist!
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Dentophobia- Fear of dentists. you dont even know how much i hate dentist!

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