GENTLE DENTAL
FACING DENTAL FEAR
Do you hate going to the dentist?
•Do you only go to the dentist when you are in pain?
•Do you make dental appointments that you fail to keep?
•Do you have difficulty sleeping the night before a dental appointment?
•Have you ever walked out during a dental appointment or failed to complete a course of dental treatment?
•Has your confidence, health, career or relationships suffered as a result of avoiding dental care?
If you do, you are not alone. A third of us fear dental visits. Half of us with anxiety don’t go to the dentist regularly and suffer more problems with our teeth. But is it possible to heal a lifetime of dental fear and phobias?
In entertaining and informative style GENTLE DENTAL FACING DENTAL FEAR explains how to treat dental phobias with everything from hand holding to hypnotherapy and compassion to Cognitive Behavioural Therapy.
Filled with inspiring top tips and true tales, GENTLE DENTAL FACING DENTAL FEAR will teach you how to overcome your dental nerves and anxiety to win triumphant times and truly magnificent teeth, all in five easy SMILE! steps.
ABOUT THE AUTHOUR
Dr Kathy Nathan is an award winning dentist, teacher, researcher, author and speaker with three decades of experience in NHS and private general dental practice in Australia and the UK. She qualified as a dentist with additional science honours in 1984, and gained the diploma and membership of the Faculty of General Dental Practitioners, Royal College of Surgeons in 1996. Principal of Gentle Dental in Harrow, she cares for people with dental anxiety and phobias.
FACING DENTAL FEAR
Do you hate going to the dentist?
•Do you only go to the dentist when you are in pain?
•Do you make dental appointments that you fail to keep?
•Do you have difficulty sleeping the night before a dental appointment?
•Have you ever walked out during a dental appointment or failed to complete a course of dental treatment?
•Has your confidence, health, career or relationships suffered as a result of avoiding dental care?
If you do, you are not alone. A third of us fear dental visits. Half of us with anxiety don’t go to the dentist regularly and suffer more problems with our teeth. But is it possible to heal a lifetime of dental fear and phobias?
In entertaining and informative style GENTLE DENTAL FACING DENTAL FEAR explains how to treat dental phobias with everything from hand holding to hypnotherapy and compassion to Cognitive Behavioural Therapy.
Filled with inspiring top tips and true tales, GENTLE DENTAL FACING DENTAL FEAR will teach you how to overcome your dental nerves and anxiety to win triumphant times and truly magnificent teeth, all in five easy SMILE! steps.
ABOUT THE AUTHOUR
Dr Kathy Nathan is an award winning dentist, teacher, researcher, author and speaker with three decades of experience in NHS and private general dental practice in Australia and the UK. She qualified as a dentist with additional science honours in 1984, and gained the diploma and membership of the Faculty of General Dental Practitioners, Royal College of Surgeons in 1996. Principal of Gentle Dental in Harrow, she cares for people with dental anxiety and phobias.
