About 1/3 of the population doesn’t have a gag reflex. For all the rest of us, especially those with an extremely sensitive gag reflex, gagging can make life miserable! It can make brushing your teeth, swallowing pills, going to the dentist, wearing dentures, or even looking at tongue depressors or other cringe inducing objects extremely uncomfortable. […]
I see patients on a daily basis who struggle with dental anxiety and phobias related to dentistry. Most relate a story about a bad experience they had earlier in life and how it has colored how they see and react to dentistry ever since. For some people this anxiety is minor and can be easily […]
Dental anxiety and straight up fear of the dentist is an extremely common phenomenon in the dental office. In fact, finding a person who isn’t afraid of dental treatment is quite rare. Not a day goes by that I don’t hear, “No offense, you seem like a really nice guy, but I hate coming to […]