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Mostrando entradas con la etiqueta dentist. Mostrar todas las entradas
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lunes, 26 de noviembre de 2012

For alleviate the fear

What you can do.

To overcome fears, choose what type of patient is:
1. - The hopeful, confident that the technology and understanding can improve you life, and is willing to overcome.
2. - The penitent, but distrustful, he wanted to overcome her fears and not decided at all.
3 - The cobbler, who does not care mouth care and just wants to take away the pain today.
He located? What you are and what you want to be?
Phone the dentist, tell what your problem is and ask for an interview with the apparatus NO sight. Say honestly if you're serious, if you want to try or if you just want to get by.
Shame. Do not have it, nor by fears or by the state of his mouth. Shame we should have dentists that took him to this.
Timetable. We dismantle, will be calmer if not must wait in the reception, where the tension increases.
Communicate. Feel free to explain your problem and the source, if known, for example, have been badly treated in small or big or going through a horrendous removal of tonsils, etc..
Nothing in the first session: and in the dental chair, do not let him do anything out of the observation and, at best, radiographs. Or even nothing at all, except talk. And promise yourself that in the future you will not have explained anything without prior OK.
Your question does not bother: help. Ask, ask and ask. Ask to have the feeling that you are in control and not the dentist.
Music to calm down, you can take your own MP3 or iPod, or whatever. But do not let cut communication with the dentist.
The company of a friend or relative at the reception can help some.
Anesthesia, all you feel is necessary and more. Not everyone has the same sensitivity to pain. Anesthesia can order more if you are sure you need it, but be careful not to confuse with noise and pressure pain. The most sensitive are more anesthesia or must wait longer to take effect or leave the task for another day.
Relax. Try to think of other things, like making plans for the upcoming holidays or to remember the good from the past. A patient of mine took off his shoes and was engaged to move the toes, one by one. An engineer took a minute to relax with yoga techniques. Some people go progressively relaxing your muscles or perform special breaths. Choose your method works for you or maybe you propose any dentist.
Stop sign. Raising your hand, for example, the dentist to instantly what you are doing, a British psychologist, W. G. Cumberbatch, in an experiment, gave control patients stopping the lathe and found not stopped more than once or twice, because they assumed control of the situation. The signal can be used for a break or for a question. It could also be that one day is not deemed to continue sitting. Plantéelo.
Do not ask hypnosis, or general anesthesia or sedation. There is a remedy for your problem. But one can ask for calming anxiety before the session. It is not advisable to drink alcohol with this order. Not attend on an empty stomach or too loaded.
After each session, you can give himself a reward for contributing to the success.

sábado, 10 de noviembre de 2012

II. - Fear, pain, beauty, health, dentist

II. - Fear, pain, beauty, health, dentist.

Fear of the dentist, toothache, the beauty of the smile, the maintenance of oral health and restore diseased teeth, broken or missing are some key points to watch.
 
Fear of the Dentist: Do you have fear of the dentist? Tremble with fear? Thinking of a dental? Think your panic is hopeless? If your answer is YES, we now know the dentist who wants to, can show the solution yourself. You are not alone in this fear, phobia, anxiety.
 
Fear and Phobia: Fear of the dentist, the dentist panic, dental phobia, dentist rejection, anxiety ... Almost the entire world population is included in one of these categories ..
Millions of people like you have the same problem. As two out of three, can be overcome to feel a simple distaste for the idea and some vague fear.
Measure your fear and learn how all doubts and fears can be resolved in good hands.
Look for a personalized treatment. Express yourself. Talk. Say. You deserve to be listened carefully.
 
What we talk about fear? As many as one in five people worldwide suffer such crippling dental phobia (dental phobia) and were horrified by the idea of ​​visiting a dentist. Nothing to do with patients with dental fear, another group that covers two thirds of the population. And we feel disgust completed the rest of a picture that falls outside of just 5%. In the United States alone, it is estimated that there are at least 30 to 40 million people odontofóbicas.
 Hard to believe the very real tremendous pain a person can endure in order not to go to the dentist ... By fear of pain!
Defining fears: Just as there are those who are distressed at the thought of being trapped in an elevator, some people are terrified of the dentist, they want to go, but can not. Have excessive physical reactions and mood, as deep and vague malaise (90% of the time), hearts galloping (35%), nausea. chest pain, sweating (75%), shortness of breath, dry mouth, heat or cold and sweating, hyperventilation, tightness of all muscles (60%) and gastrointestinal turbulence, separately or all together. Together they form the body's response: flee anyway. The leak includes not watch his mouth, almost as if he had rabies. And even worse when they are damaged mouth.
For all this is tremendous, a mature and comprehensive dentist can transform an ordinary person into a coward, in no more than 5 to 20 sessions, not endless visits. And the same is a psychotherapist with a phobic.
 

Definitions

 
Dislike: Let's face it! Nobody likes to visit the dentist, that of being seated on a couch with someone every now and says "stand still," he does things in his mouth and one trapped there. Not like me, but I know I should visit the dentist to not need it ... and I avoid toothaches.
Fear: suspicion or apprehension about a real, present or anticipated. It affects social life, family, work, study sentimental. The dentist is a mature and comprehensive help for fears "logical" as to pain, injection or lathe.
Anxiety: Mistrust and tension or apprehension unmotivated against unidentified threats. It goes beyond the particular fear is an emotion deeper than away from treatment and prevention. It recognizes a reason and the dentist should be more mature and understanding than ever.
Phobia is a fear that is excessive and unreasonable and acknowledges that he avoids, as the object, activity or situation of terror. Is exaggerated out of proportion to what causes it: flying, elevators, enclosed spaces, darkness, going to the dentist, and even cats or toads or harmless bug. The patient experiences a disproportionate anxiety reaction, which can lead to a panic attack, with the object or situation causing anticipation. Interfering in life and causes marked distress. The phobic need more than understanding and maturity of the dentist. But with these qualities should complement psychological therapy. Even a slight delay in a waiting room can reappear disorganized panic.




jueves, 6 de septiembre de 2012

How to Prepare for a Root Canal


A root canal is the process when a dentist treats the inner part of a tooth where nerves have degenerated. This area is known as the pulp or nerve tissue. A root canal involves the removal of any bacteria present, as well as the nerve and the products created by its breakdown. Then the hollow area is filled and sealed. Root canals are usually no more painful than a filling.

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      Ask the dentist any questions beforehand. Make sure it is understood what will be done and how long it will take. Any questions regarding insurance coverage and cost should be covered beforehand also. Prepare questions at home and call the office later if necessary.
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      Find out if there's any medication to be avoided the day of the procedure. Blood thinners are usually off-limits. Whatever medications aren't permitted can usually be taken after the procedure.

  • 3       Note any medications that the dentist recommends taking to prepare for the procedure. Some dentists suggest taking ibuprofen or another over-the-counter pain reliever before the procedure. There is usually slight discomfort following dental procedures, and the over-the-counter medicines alleviate the pain.
  • 4       Tell the dentist if there are any phobias regarding dental procedures. Dentists can prescribe medication to relax a patient that has serious problems with dental work. In this is the case, it makes it easier for the dentist and patient to get the dental work done. Make sure to ask if driving is allowed following taking these medications.
  • 5    Relax. Root canals are routine procedures. Dentists do them almost every day.

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