Dentophobia

Quick meaning: Dentophobia is a noun meaning Fear of dentists or their medical procedures.

Meaning

Fear of dentists or their medical procedures.

Example Sentences

Also realize that dentophobia can be a self-fulfilling prohepcy.

That's because a visit to the dentist—if someone with dentophobia even makes it to the dentist—is likely to result in the classic fight-or-flight symptoms:.

There are nearly as many reasons people fear going to the dentist as there are teeth in the mouth. Indeed, dentophobia—the term is from the Latin word dens, meaning "tooth", and sometimes known as odontophobia.

I've had many problems lately and I desperately need your help. First of all, I have been diagnosed with dentophobia. Because of that, I just can't bring myself to make an appointment even though I'm in terrible pain. I'm not sure if I'll need a root canal or just a filling. Please give me some ideas for how to overcome this phobia.

Synonyms for dentophobia

Depending on context, synonyms include odontophobia.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include odontophobia, dentophobe, medicophobia, halitophobia, antidentite, trypanophobe.

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