Dental Anxiety - How to Deal with Difficult Patients

Do you struggle with managing anxious patients in your dental practice?
In this video, our lead educator and master dentist Dr Lincoln Harris shares his tips for dealing with patients who experience anxiety during dental appointments. From creating a calming environment to using effective communication techniques, Dr Harris provides practical advice for managing patient anxiety and ensuring a positive experience for both the patient and the dental team. Watch the video to learn more, and stay tuned for more videos in our series on dealing with difficult patients.
Want to learn more about mastering patient management and providing the best possible experience for your dental patients? Visit our website to explore our range of dental education courses and resources, including expert tips from Dr Lincoln Harris.
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[@Lanna-gr5oh]

Title to this video made me feel bad. I’m not difficult I’m just really scared from a traumatic dental visit and it gives me panic attacks.

[@annettesonnenberg7606]

Wish you were my dentist. Felt calmer just listening to you.

[@jessman8597]

I've been on the brink of suicide over upcoming dentist appointments. Your suggestions are the things that make the biggest difference for me. Thanks.

[@nessilian]

When I went to the dentist after 15 yrs, I had to get some work done. My first appointment was general diagnostics and establishing my needs. I was shaking and my Dr realised that. He just went back a little, looked at the scans and told me, that I need one tooth removed and two implants. I asked him, if I could get anaesthesia and he said in some, I don`t know - way: No, I don`t think, you`ll need that, I get you through this. And I just believed him - I don`t know why. I had to get another 8 appointments, I did some dentalhygiene, new composit fillings and after around 2,5 months, I had new teeth and I don`t feel anything anymore. The one thing, I can remember, that helped alot was, that he didn`t overexplain things. I am no professional anyway, so it wouldn`t have helped, if he would have described me each step along the way. A general: It`s a little implant, takes me 2 Minutes each, in 20 Minutes you will be out of the chair again. That`s it, I didn`t have to know more. And, as he told me, the procedure took less than 10 Minutes, pulling a tooth, 2 Implants. I had to wait for local anaesthesia to develop around 10 Minutes. The rest was a joke. It even went so far to not needing any local anaesthesia for the new fillings...

[@codyedwards6312]

I had to go to the dentist yesterday due to tooth pain. I had a panic attack whilst at the dentist. It was my 6th appointment. I had to get my gum numbed and have the fillings drilled out. The dentist found a hole in the nerve and told me that was the cause of my pain. The dentist then put temporary medicated fillings in and put something in my mouth to kill the nerve to hopefully stop the pain. I’m an anxious patient at the dentist but I’m normally fine with check up but whenever the dentist mentions I have to have any sort of treatment I panic. I took a fidget cube and fidget spinner to the dentist appointment yesterday to help my anxiety and this eased the panic attack a bit. I now have a new dentist that’s more understanding of my anxiety as the old dentist I had was ok but she used to rush everything causing pain when she did anything. The new dentist doesn’t rush and he explains everything before he does it. The new dentist understands my anxiety more and try’s to help me be less anxious.

[@marianchacon5289]

I'M ANXIOUS JUST THINKING ABOUT TOOTH EXTRACTION . SINCE I GOT ENDOCARDITIS YEARS AGO, AFTER WISDOM TOOTH EXTRACTION. SO I APPRECIATE YOUR ADVICE. I SURE WISH YOU WERE MY DOCTOR. TQ KINDLY 😊

[@RipeGlobal]

Best of luck!

[@catherinebirch2399]

Most dental phobias are the result of traumatic dental treatments in childhood. In the 50's and 60's dentists didn't use novocaine before filling teeth. The pain was excruciating.

[@lawriefoster5587]

I am 71 and that is my problem!!

[@VanessaLemin-zn3np]

I wish this dentist was mine.. The dentist I recently had to return to after haven had an extraction was so traumatising I am now starting counselling as I can’t stop crying and feel like the worse failure ever … The dentist practice was informed of my fear and how it came about …To ad to the problem I now have unfinished dental work and the Owner of the practice has declined to keep me as patient…

[@aneeqaahsan5757]

So sorry to hear this

[@Sunnyside499]

Amazing doctor ❤

[@RipeGlobal]

Thank you! 🙂