Really scared about visiting the dentist in Mackay?

For most of us, visiting the dentist in Mackay is not a problem. Yes, we may be a bit nervous, but it’s nothing we can’t handle. However, about 13% of the global population have a dental phobia.

Phobias are different from nerves. They give people feelings of extreme anxiety. These can manifest as sweating, trembling, even feeling faint and a full on fight or flight reflex can kick in. Imagine you felt like you had just come face to face with a croc, and then imagine that croc was the dentist. You can see how people with dental phobia might not want to see that croc ever again. Now imagine, they had to see that croc twice a year, or face losing their teeth. No wonder so many of them would prefer to go through the terrible pain of tooth decay and gum disease than put themselves in the way of the croc/dentist in Mackay.

Time was, dental phobics were brushed off as being scaredy cats and were told to man up. Nowadays, dentists the world over, including us at Walkerston Dental in Walkerston understand that people with dental phobia need to be treated differently.

Dental phobia can be created by a number of different experiences. It could be that you grew up with a parent who was scared of the dentist and they passed their phobia on to you. Or it could be that you had your own nasty experience with an uncompassionate dentist as a kid. Some people are scared of the pain of the needle. Others get sent into a panic by the sound of the drill. Wherever your phobia stems from, we aim to treat you as compassionately and gently as possible, so that you can get your teeth treated and will feel better about visiting the dentist in Mackay each time you return.

We do everything to make your visit a relaxing experience. The team is friendly and reassuring in its approach, and we use modern, often digital, equipment to treat you. We also have in-chair entertainment to distract you from what we are doing, and, we can offer you sedation to deeply relax you as we treat you.