{"id":364,"date":"2017-05-17T13:32:14","date_gmt":"2017-05-17T13:32:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.smiledentalpracticebromley.co.uk\/blog\/?p=364"},"modified":"2018-05-11T06:02:23","modified_gmt":"2018-05-11T06:02:23","slug":"do-you-or-your-loved-ones-have-a-fear-of-the-dentist","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.smiledentalpracticebromley.co.uk\/blog\/uncategorized\/do-you-or-your-loved-ones-have-a-fear-of-the-dentist\/","title":{"rendered":"Do you or your loved ones have a fear of the dentist?"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_363\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-363\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.smiledentalpracticebromley.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/bromley-self.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-363\" src=\"https:\/\/www.smiledentalpracticebromley.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/bromley-self-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.smiledentalpracticebromley.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/bromley-self-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.smiledentalpracticebromley.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/bromley-self-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.smiledentalpracticebromley.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/bromley-self-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.smiledentalpracticebromley.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/bromley-self-100x75.jpg 100w, https:\/\/www.smiledentalpracticebromley.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/bromley-self-150x112.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.smiledentalpracticebromley.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/bromley-self-200x150.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.smiledentalpracticebromley.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/bromley-self-450x337.jpg 450w, https:\/\/www.smiledentalpracticebromley.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/bromley-self-600x450.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.smiledentalpracticebromley.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/bromley-self-900x675.jpg 900w, https:\/\/www.smiledentalpracticebromley.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/bromley-self.jpg 1627w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-363\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Our team<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Last\u00a0week\u00a0I was contacted over the phone and by email from several patients who are not\u00a0comfortable seeing a dentist. Because this happened no fewer than six times, I have decided to write\u00a0something regarding the common fear people have of the Dentist.<\/p>\n<p>Our Dental Practice is a team made up of 6 regular people. Two dentist, Roozi and Anu, two dental\u00a0nurses, Ayse and Alex and our two receptionists, Maggie and myself, Jasmina. We do have other\u00a0members of the team but they are not with us every day. As you can see, we are small team and our\u00a0practice is also small, but proudly this is what makes us different.<\/p>\n<p><strong>How are we different?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>People are scared of basic stuff daily, even myself. I am scared every day of things that would seem\u00a0completely silly for someone else, but for me they are very serious to me. We all know someone\u00a0who is scared of the dentist, they do not feel comfortable or do not like coming to see us until\u00a0something is very wrong or painful. A fear of the dentist could lead to costly treatment and irregular\u00a0attendance can cause more problems that could have been prevented.<\/p>\n<p>Our small and individual focused team would like to let all nervous and anxious patients know that\u00a0we do know how you feel. Most importantly we are accommodating to your fear and will do\u00a0everything within our power to make you feel comfortable with us. I know, its sound like a miracle,\u00a0but believe me it is possible. Whatever the reason you fear about the dentist, we can help you!<\/p>\n<p><strong>How can we help?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>When you ring our reception team, tell us what it is that makes you nervous, feel comfortable to talk\u00a0about it because we will listen to you. Tell us a little bit about your previous experience, what you\u00a0don\u2019t like or what the worst part of dentistry is for you. Our receptionist would inform your dentist\u00a0about this before you even come in, so when you do see a dentist they will already know your history and fear. We also welcome you to bring someone with you for support.<\/p>\n<p>If the thought of going to see a dentist makes you feel very nervous, we would like to invite you to\u00a0come in for a coffee and chat with our team. In person we can explain how your first appointment\u00a0 will go, we can show you the practice and ensure that you will be comfortable going forward.\u00a0We believe that with right information and enough of time, we can help to improve your trust into\u00a0dentistry.<\/p>\n<p>We look forward to hearing from you soon.<\/p>\n<p>Jasmina.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.smiledentalpracticebromley.co.uk\/nervous-patients.html\">https:\/\/www.smiledentalpracticebromley.co.uk\/nervous-patients.html<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Last\u00a0week\u00a0I was contacted over the phone and by email from several patients who are not\u00a0comfortable seeing a dentist. Because this happened no fewer than six times, I have decided to write\u00a0something regarding the common fear people have of the Dentist. &hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"> <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.smiledentalpracticebromley.co.uk\/blog\/uncategorized\/do-you-or-your-loved-ones-have-a-fear-of-the-dentist\/\"> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Do you or your loved ones have a fear of the dentist?<\/span> Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,1],"tags":[16,15,14,17],"class_list":["post-364","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-advice","category-uncategorized","tag-dentist","tag-fear","tag-nervous","tag-team"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.smiledentalpracticebromley.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/364","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.smiledentalpracticebromley.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.smiledentalpracticebromley.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.smiledentalpracticebromley.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.smiledentalpracticebromley.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=364"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/www.smiledentalpracticebromley.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/364\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":373,"href":"https:\/\/www.smiledentalpracticebromley.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/364\/revisions\/373"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.smiledentalpracticebromley.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=364"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.smiledentalpracticebromley.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=364"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.smiledentalpracticebromley.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=364"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}