Therapy Helps People with Dental Phobias

People have phobia or anxiety about the different aspects of dentistry including the drills and the injections. Rather than use sedation, people can overcome their fears through cognitive behavior therapy.

Key takeaways:

• Cognitive Behavior Therapy (CBT) helps people to acquire the necessary skills to face their fears such as fear of injections. It is a short-term treatment that involves anything between 6 and 10 sessions.
• People with dental phobias have been found to avoid visiting the dentist and were likely to have cavities and other dental problems.
• CBT is more effective in combating dental phobia than use of sedation since it has a long lasting impact.

Although the training is long lasting, Milgrom said, fear can return and some may need more coaching later. The degree of fear may depend on whether the person is primarily afraid of the dentist or has other psychological problems, he said.

Read the full story here

http://www.everydayhealth.com/news/talk-therapy-tackle-fear-dentist/

Posted by adwords on 20th December 2016, under Oral Hygiene and Prevention

Dr. Kishanie Wijesinghe Little BDS

Dr. Kishanie Little is passionate about delivering excellent dentistry and dental restorations that are life-like and indistinguishable from natural teeth. She believes that restorations (fillings/crowns/veneers) should look beautiful – and that they should last. Dr. Little keeps abreast of new developments in restorative dentistry through post-graduate training.

Dr. Little is also an experienced Facial Aesthetistician, including Botulinum toxins (such as Botox) and Dermafillers. She appreciates how simple and subtle changes to smooth and relax muscles can “freshen” a face, to look younger.

In her personal time, she loves to cook, read, run, practice yoga and pilates, play a bad game of tennis and am now learning to play golf. She loves Art and Theatre and support the Tate Modern. She also enjoys writing and has a book in the works.