Getting Over Fear of Dentistry is Like Learning to Ride a Bicycle.
Why?
Because when you are learning to ride a bike the main problem is fear of falling.
Remember when your dad or mom taught you how to ride a bike? He or she ran alongside the bike and held the bike up so you wouldn't fall. For ten minutes, you rode the bike while your parent held you up. Once you got over the speed and steering hump, it was easy. The hard part was the fear of falling.
Learning to ride a bike is what is called a binary activity. Either you are riding or your are falling. No in-between. Falling...riding. Failing...succeeding.
Learning things that are binary like this is difficult. They are difficult because people don't like to fail.
In our office we love teaching people how to be comfortable in the dental chair. We hold up the bike while they learn to ride. This reduces the fear of failure. Then, if the patient doesn't give up after ten minutes, in a blink, they're fine.They always say it's a sort of miracle. And that they never thought they would get over their fear and especially not that easily. It turns out, getting over the fear of dentistry is just like leaning to ride a bike.
Easy with a good teacher who will hold up the bike for the first little bit.
Are you a "dental phobic"? Give us a call. We can help.
