"Dental anxiety is a very common fear.  People often cite local anesthesia injections as the greatest source of their fear. Others express the high-pitched sounds of the drill. And likely, those same dental sounds are associated by the patients with injections and other dental pain and are what trigger fear. This avoidance in regular dental prevention and treatment leads to an unfortunate cycle that further compounds their dental anxiety. More often than not, fearful patients seek dental care only when severe dental pain and swelling emerge. These appointments are usually traumatic and difficult, making their chair time extremely uncomfortable. Of course, this terrifying experience encourages patients to avoid dentists even more. 

 “Feel Again in Dentistry” is my attempt to resolve and raise awareness to this troubling irony [...]."

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