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Dentophobia: What it is and How to Prevent It

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By: Natalie L. Boehm, MBA, RBLP-T Child at a dentist appointment (UCLA School of Dentistry, CC BY 3.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0, via Wikimedia Commons) Every dentist sometime in their career comes across a patient who has dentophobia, also known as odontophobia. Cleveland Clinic defines dentophobia as a fear of dentists. Many situations can cause dentophobia to develop… Read More »Dentophobia: What it is and How to Prevent It