All dental phobic: how do you like it? Â

All dental phobic: how do you like it?  

answers 0:I was browsing the net today and found this site: http://www.personalcaredental.com/Note how there is a "for the coward" button. I couldn't believe they were referring to people with dental fear!!!!Now I want to write them and let them have a piece of my mind. In your opinion, what can I say to them to let them know how wrong it is to call a phobic person a coward?...Show moreanswers 1:well I'm a coward. I always have sedation. I tell the dentist it's for his own good to give it to me lolanswers 2:You guys don't understand the problem! I couldn't care less what they do to *me*, mainly because I don't allow people to shame me unless I've done something that deserves shame. As a matter of fact, and in principle, it's just plain IMMORAL to shame a person for an illness s/he has. This is EVEN MORE immoral when it's a health ! professional who does the shaming. If you don't get this now, I'm positive you will as soon as something will happen to you... something calling you not a woman because you can't have kids, or not a real mother because you adopted, or some other idiotic comment like that....answers 3:Calm Down! Don't give them a "piece" of anything! the ole "We cater to Cowards" bill has been around a long long time. Look up a definition of "phobic" it's not too glamorous either. In my opinion, which is what you asked for, the only way they can be shown that it is "wrong" is to do "wrong" when these fearful people show up to their office for help. If they scare them, hurt them unnecessarily or do shoddy work which will create complications then the patients' fears will be realized. Part of being a good dental practitioner is to recognize what makes people fearful and address it. If this office feels that offering sedation and/or calming medications will ease the fears of anxious patie! nts and enable them to get the needed work done, what is the p! roblem? We don't use nitrous oxide in my office, but we have occasionally prescribed valium or something similar for extensive procedures with anxious patients. They are usually grateful that we understand. Hope you can see this in a different light, or maybe I missed your point altogether?...answers 4:I think there are a lot of people with a fear of the dentist who opt for sedation, but if they were just to have some acclimatisation and extra support they could be fine with normal dentistry. Maybe that's who they're referring to - people who are scared but not necessarily phobic. It does seem a bit disrespectful to refer to someone who's phobic of anything as a coward though, and if it offended you there's no harm in politely letting them know that you disagree....answers 5:Sure it's wrong to call a person with an illness a coward. The fact that it has been going around for a while doesn't make it legit! Many other prejudices have been around for a while, but they are s! till UNINFORMED PREJUDICES, which I wouldn't expect from a health professional of ANY kind, let alone one in the dental field.answers 6:Damn.Don't take it so personally!Most people with this fear realize that it's silly and they don't really have a justification for it, so they find humor in their phobia. If you "give them a piece of your mind", they'll probably just think that you're crazy. Most people don't get so upset over such little things....