Feeling anxious about visiting a dentist can sometimes prevent you getting dental treatment you might need. Thousands of people haven’t seen a dentist in over 5 years, something we encounter quite often. Dental anxiety can range from a general anxious feeling about seeing the dentist, up to severe panic attacks. This can lead to patients
28% of adults were reported to have an extreme fear of dental injections in the most recent publication of the Adult Dental Health Survey. For many people this fear is reason enough to stop them accessing dental services completely, pushing them further away from the single most effective means of fear eradication: systematic desensitisation, a
Brushing Amongst the profession, the gold standard brushing system is known as the modified bass technique. Studies have shown that this particular method of tooth brushing is significantly superior to standard tooth brushing. Disappointingly, few people are taught to brush their teeth using this method as part of a dental check-up. The modified bass technique
