A recent study shows that people with high dental fear have excessive memories of the pain mixed with fear which they feel during treatment.
The study was made by the researchers at the University of West Virginia. At the oral surgery clinic dentists surveyed 79 people who needed an emergency tooth extraction. Everyone in the study were asked about their fear and pain before, during and 2 weeks after the extraction.
In 14 day time period after the extraction, all of them exaggerated the strength of pain they had felt during treatment, even those who didn't mention that they were afraid about the treatment, at the time when those with high levels of dental anxiety as well recalled feeling more fear than they said they were at the time.
The research showed that highly anxious one expected to feel more pain than those with low anxiety did.
Source InteliHealth News Service
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Pain and Fear is always a great motivator for heightened senses. I know a dentist Double Bay that fills his waiting room with comedy materials (TV shows, Magazines, Books) to lessen the fear.
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