Hypnotherapy for Fear of Dentists

Professional hypnosis treatments for the fear of dental treatment at the Wombourne Clinic near Wolverhampton

The Fear of Dentists refers to the fear of dentistry and of receiving dental care as opposed to fear of dentists themselves.

A severe form of this phobia is variously called dental phobia, odontophobia, dentophobia, dentist phobia, or dental anxiety.

However, it has been suggested that the term “dental phobia” is inappropriate as many people with this condition do not feel their fears to be irrational or unreasonable and can relate directly to a previous painful experience.

As with any type of phobia, there are varying degrees of fear of dentists.

The most common, and least severe, is simply a worry of the unknown. This may arise if you’ve heard ‘horror stories’ from other people or you’re worried about what could happen.

Dental Fear

The ‘entry level’ fear of dentists is “Dental Fear”, which is a reaction to a known danger.

For example, you may have had a tooth removed and experienced some pain. As a result, you may stress about experiencing it again. To some extent this is a completely normal reaction.

The tactile sensors in our mouths make objects feel much larger than they really are, and so the feelings of have somebody ‘rummaging around’ in your mouth can easily be perceived as unpleasant.

Dental Phobia

Dental phobia is similar to dental fear but is a more severe form of fear of dentists. It’s often the result of a bad past experience.

For some people, dental phobia can be so crippling that simply seeing a toothpaste advert or a dental surgery can cause distress. This is known as Anticipatory Anxiety.

Reasons you may have developed the fear of Dentists include:

• bad childhood experiences
• fear of needles
• fears of anaesthetic
• fears of the dentists drill
• lack of control
• feeling vulnerable
• invasion of personal space

Hypnotherapy for the Fear of Dentists

Hypnotherapy can be particularly effective for helping people to locate and then use many of their own inner strengths and resources to combat the problems associated with the Fear of Dentists.

In this respect, hypnotherapy helps a person to ‘help themselves’ in very much the same way as other therapeutic approaches.

Taking anywhere between 6 and 10 sessions, hypnotherapy for the Fear of Dentists involves understanding how your earlier experiences, core beliefs and values have played a role in forming and reinforcing your phobia.

Hypnosis itself is very relaxing and allows you to explore memories and experiences related to your the Fear of Dentists that you might want to re-think in order to produce more positive responses and outcomes.

Initial Consultations for the Fear of Dentists

Joan offers all prospective clients a low cost initial consultation to discuss the Fear of Dentists and how it might be negatively impacting your life.

During this 50 minute consultation Joan will discuss the various options that are available to you and make a considered recommendation based on your individual personal circumstances.

At Wolverhampton Hypnotherapy we understand the importance of the therapeutic relationship and so place a great emphasis on being able to meet PRIOR to agreeing any kind of help.

Our policy is to help people make a fully balanced & considered decision about undertaking therapy with us, including both the financial, work-load and personal implications.

E-mail joan at:

Joan@WolverhamptonHypnotherapy.co.uk

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