Are you a nervous patient?
If you are a nervous patient, you are not alone – most people are anxious before visiting the dentist. At Smile Essential in Leicester, you will be treated gently and with understanding to help you overcome any fears and anxieties you may have. We have years of experience in treating nervous patients and have helped to transform hundreds of mouths during this time.
It is fair to say that a visit to the dentist is not high on most people’s ‘must do’ lists and the majority of patients have feelings ranging from mild anxiety to outright fear. In extreme cases, these feelings are so strong that they cause the individual to fear dentists in general and avoid them as a result – in other words, dental phobia.
Our unique approach to nervous patients:
At Smile Essential, we understand that you may feel anxiety, fear or phobia at the thought of undergoing treatment – after all, the Smile Essential team are, at one time or another, dental patients themselves so understand dental treatment from the patient’s point of view.
Our approach to nervous patients is quite simple – we will treat you gently and with understanding to help you overcome your fears, Shrikesh Kotecha of Smile Essential in Leicester says ‘ I regularly see new patients at our practice who may be nervous about seeing a dentist. What I will do is work together with each patient individually to provide dentistry in a personalised manner. I tend to use a variety of techniques to overcome anxiety including educating my patients on special breathing and relaxation exercises and the use of a ‘stop’ signal and can ensure that I do everything possible to make EVERY patient have a pleasant experience when they come to see me’.
With modern techniques and dental materials, discomfort is minimised and our approach is to treat our patients gently and with understanding so that they leave realising that dental care is nothing to be frightened of.
What you can do:
- Discuss with the dentist any particular things that may increase your level of anxiety so they can make adjustments tailored around you.
- Understand that you are not alone – most people experience some form of anxiety before a dental visit but maintain regular visits even so.
- Attend regular dental examinations – they don’t hurt and maintaining regular checkups will ensure that any problems will be spotted early when they are easily treated.
- Ask your dentist to explain the treatment fully to you so that you understand exactly what will happen and when.
- Remember that it’s your mouth – you must consent to treatment and can withdraw that consent at any time – the dentist will not do anything to you without your permission.
