{"id":797,"date":"2021-02-28T11:46:00","date_gmt":"2021-02-28T19:46:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.smilesbygeorge.com\/smiles-by-george\/?p=797"},"modified":"2021-03-01T23:28:46","modified_gmt":"2021-03-02T07:28:46","slug":"do-you-have-dental-phobia-indianapolis-dentist","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.smilesbygeorge.com\/smiles-by-george\/do-you-have-dental-phobia-indianapolis-dentist\/","title":{"rendered":"Do You Have Dental Phobia? | Indianapolis Dentist"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.smilesbygeorge.com\/smiles-by-george\/wp-content\/uploads\/ThinkstockPhotos-181896435-1024x728.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-680\" width=\"512\" height=\"364\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.smilesbygeorge.com\/smiles-by-george\/wp-content\/uploads\/ThinkstockPhotos-181896435-1024x728.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/www.smilesbygeorge.com\/smiles-by-george\/wp-content\/uploads\/ThinkstockPhotos-181896435-300x213.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.smilesbygeorge.com\/smiles-by-george\/wp-content\/uploads\/ThinkstockPhotos-181896435-768x546.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 512px) 100vw, 512px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Are you one in the millions of Americans considered to have a dental phobia? Maybe you had a bad experience as a child, maybe you just can\u2019t handle people and instruments that close to your face. Whatever it is, you\u2019re definitely not alone.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Dental anxiety and phobia are extremely common. In a survey by the <em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.dentalhealth.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">British Dental Health Foundation<\/a><\/em>, 36% of those who didn&#8217;t see a dentist regularly said that fear was the main reason. Dental phobia keeps many people from seeing their dentists for <a href=\"http:\/\/www.smilesbygeorge.com\/general-dentistry.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">regular check-ups<\/a>, which could result in poor oral health. Women are more likely to suffer from this phobia than men.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The most common fear of visiting the dentist is having a tooth drilled and the local anesthetic injection. People are not born with a fear of the dentist, you develop it and can overcome it. Today dentistry is much different than it used to be. It can be a pain free, anxiety free experience. Relaxation and sedation techniques have been proven in helping overcome dental phobias. Some of the signs of dental phobia include:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul><li>Tension or having trouble sleeping the night before a dental exam<\/li><li>Increasingly nervous while you&#8217;re in the waiting room<\/li><li>The sight of dental instruments or personnel increases your anxiety<\/li><li>The thought of a dental visit makes you feel physically ill<\/li><li>Panic or trouble breathing when objects are placed in your mouth during a dental appointment<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Our patients have commented that if they had known how comfortable treatment was under sedation they never would have had any worries about dental treatment. This is such a relaxing procedure that it\u2019s often referred to as sleep dentistry.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Visit Dr. Kirtley today and schedule an appointment to maintain a healthy smile.&nbsp; Call 317-841-1111 or&nbsp;<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"http:\/\/www.smilesbygeorge.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">www.smilesbygeorge.com<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Dr. George Kirtley proudly serves Indianapolis and all surrounding areas.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Are you one in the millions of Americans considered to have a dental phobia? Maybe you had a bad experience as a child, maybe you just can\u2019t handle people and instruments that close to your face. Whatever it is, you\u2019re definitely not alone. Dental anxiety and phobia are extremely common. In a survey by the &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.smilesbygeorge.com\/smiles-by-george\/do-you-have-dental-phobia-indianapolis-dentist\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Do You Have Dental Phobia? | Indianapolis Dentist<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[3,54,67,137,78,79],"tags":[284,191,190,172,283,171,286,141,193,202,287,87,187,175,178,29,27,88,192,285,32,208,93,35,50,96,26,97,255,99,49,25,189],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.smilesbygeorge.com\/smiles-by-george\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/797"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.smilesbygeorge.com\/smiles-by-george\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.smilesbygeorge.com\/smiles-by-george\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.smilesbygeorge.com\/smiles-by-george\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.smilesbygeorge.com\/smiles-by-george\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=797"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/www.smilesbygeorge.com\/smiles-by-george\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/797\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":800,"href":"http:\/\/www.smilesbygeorge.com\/smiles-by-george\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/797\/revisions\/800"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.smilesbygeorge.com\/smiles-by-george\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=797"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.smilesbygeorge.com\/smiles-by-george\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=797"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.smilesbygeorge.com\/smiles-by-george\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=797"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}