A friend of mine once purchased a hypnosis kit to overcome dentist phobia or rather dental phobia as what it is commonly referred as. It is not a laughing matter because some people do get dental phobia and their fears are not unfounded.
He tried the hypnosis which is downloadable online but it didn’t help much. He still hates the idea of going to the dentist. He gave me the downloaded CD which is a meditation sort of audio. I admit I never use it before my dentist appointment because it takes over an hour to complete the whole session. Who has the time to get reminded,one hour before a dental appointment.
So, if you are planning to go for laser teeth whitening and yet, you hate the idea of going to the dentist, you may want to self induced yourself to overcome that fear. One of them is to think positively. You want a set of white, sparkling teeth after that laser teeth whitening. Visualise the end results of that session and it will spur you to be less fearful.
However, if you possess some of these symptoms :
Heart Palpitations
Sweating
Trembling/shaking
Sensations of shortness of breath
Feeling of choking
Chest pain
Nausea or abdominal discomfort
Feeling dizzy, unsteady, lightheaded or faint
Chills or hot flushes
Paresthesia (numbness or tingling)
Feeling of derealization (world’s not real) or depersonalization (being outside one’s body)
Fear of losing control or going crazy
Fear of dying
Then…I am afraid that you need to dwell deeper on the reasons why you are afraid of dentists. For me, it is more like a childhood trauma, having my first bad experience with an uncaring and rough dental nurse.
But if you do not have the above and are just plain afraid, maybe you have better luck with going to the dentist for a laser teeth whitening session. If you want to know what involves in laser teeth whitening, take it from the expert as I had blogged about it.
Meantime, let me read more on how to overcome dental phobia and I shall share it in the next post.
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