Smile, gentlemen! Or, how to overcome dentofobia?
March 23, 2018 | 20:17 |309
I guess I will not be mistaken, arguing that most of us are afraid to go to the dentist. Often it happens that toothaches poison our lives, but we suffer painfully, just to avoid going to the "dentist who will remove all teeth." That is, the situation is triggered by our own fault, and as a result - a tooth that could be easily cured at the time it started to give signals, really has to be removed. Today, literally, I want to urge all of you, our dear readers, not to be afraid to treat your teeth! I want to start with the fact that I'm not a specialist in health – I am an ordinary person and one of those who, since childhood, are afraid of dentists. Recently, I had to start to treat my teeth, and even survive a small operation. I decided to "disconnect" emotions and listen to the voice of the mind, which suggests that regular visits to the dentist guarantee me dental health and an excellent smile. After all, untreated pain is a serious blow to health and mind. Having approached the process with all seriousness, to my great happiness, I managed to overcome this stupid, as I now believe, fear. A widespread fear to treat the teeth is called dentophobia or in a different way dentofobia. And maybe in the 21st century it's time to say goodbye to this fear once and for all ?! I want to analyze this topic "on the shelves" together with the audience ORIENT. Such a prejudice that a visit to a dentist will inevitably be associated with pain, as a rule, is a consequence of negative experience, because almost all of us had to at least once experience the pain while sitting in the dental chair.Myahri BEKGADOVA
Indeed, previously there was no good anesthesia. But it was a long time ago, and therefore all the terrible stories of "adult" relatives and friends need to be forgotten - it is not known how many years ago they last visited a dentist. Science and technology are developing so rapidly that the trip to the dentist today is not at all like a medieval execution.
Here's what the children's doctor of the Dental Training and Production Center of the State Medical University of Turkmenistan ROVSHEN KHANOV said in an interview with ORIENT:
- Today modern methods of treatment are used in stomatology, allowing to do local anesthesia with a special carpool syringe with a very thin needle, thanks to which the process of drug application is practically not felt by the patient.
Modern medicine now has strong, and most importantly, safe for health anesthetics, providing a strong and long-lasting analgesic effect. They completely relieve patients of pain during medical manipulations in the oral cavity, whether it is tooth filling, root canal treatment and nerve removal (depulpation), or a tooth extraction operation.
- Doctor, and what if the phobia associated with dentists is of a catastrophic scale and the patient is not even able to sit down voluntarily in an armchair, bringing the situation to the point of absurdity, and dental treatment is required?
- In this case, the necessary procedures can be carried out under general anesthesia, thereby allowing to solve the problem of dental treatment in a maximally comfortable and absolutely painless way. But this is only on condition that you do not have any serious health problems.
Preliminary it is required to pass a full medical examination, to hand over all necessary analyzes. Understand that no doctor wants to cause pain to his patient, on the contrary - today the procedure of anesthesia is given maximum attention, since the patient's lack of pain and his calmness directly determines the comfortable work of the doctor himself, on which the final result depends.
- There is a category of people who delayed their visit to the dentist until the last moment, due to the fact that they are ashamed to show the doctor their mouth. That is, they are afraid that the doctor will think about them badly, condemn (even to himself), will be disgusted.
- Let's start with the fact that this is a fairly common, but still very profound error! It should be borne in mind that the dentist studied for his specialty 5-8 years, read a huge amount of literature, viewed a lot of X-rays and photographs of the oral cavity. That is, the doctor has already seen not only spoiled teeth, but much more unpleasant things - congenital and acquired pathologies of the oral cavity, fungal diseases, abscess, phlegmon and much more.
To see a variety of real cases from everyday practice of dentists, you can google pictures with such requests: "generalized caries", "generalized periodontitis", "paradontosis." So, you will not scare, surprise cause disgust to your doctor with your situation in the oral cavity.
I want to emphasize that in recent years the material and technical base of the national healthcare system has been fundamentally renewed. Today in our dental clinics there are German-made drills and other equipment of the latest generation, which allows the most careful, fast and effective assistance to patients.
Immediately before the procedure, you need to take an X-ray, which will allow a more detailed analysis of the overall picture of the oral cavity. Complex modernization of the technical equipment of the dentists also touched X-ray rooms, which now have the devices allowing obtaining high-resolution images: 3D x-ray images of the maxillofacial region, a diagnostic image of the lower and upper jaws, which makes it possible to assess the condition of the teeth, temporomandibular joints, sinuses. Also it is possible to make aiming images of high detail and contrast, which allows using them on a wide range of indications.
- What can you advise for the prevention of dental problems?
- Given the negative impact of both natural and artificial colors contained in food, it is necessary to carefully follow the rules of oral hygiene, properly brush your teeth, use dental floss, and rinse with special antibacterial agents.
For the prevention and treatment of a number of dental diseases, I particularly want to recommend rinsing the mouth with a decoction of chamomile, which includes a large number of useful substances. The healing properties of this "miracle of nature" are described in detail in the multivolume encyclopedia of President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov, academician of the Academy of Sciences of Turkmenistan, professor, doctor of medical sciences, "Medicinal Plants of Turkmenistan" translated into many languages of the world. The plant contains a complex of vitamins, a combination of trace elements, carotene, essential oils, organic acids, which explains the wide range of applications of decoctions, infusions and lotions made from chamomile.
Rinsing with chamomile decoction soothes itching, neutralizes unpleasant odors, speeds up recovery processes, provides analgesic, anti-inflammatory and antimicrobial effect. In addition, this powerful antiseptic with hemostatic action is simply indispensable in the prevention and treatment of gum disease.
Are you still afraid to go to treat your teeth?! It's time to get rid of these life-giving fears. Be stronger than this and remember that thoughts are material. If you once and for all decide that you will not allow yourself to hurt yourself, it will be so.
Do not neglect regular visits to the dentist, because as a bonus you will ensure your dental health, which significantly affects the general condition of our body. Go to the dentist with an exceptionally positive attitude, and everything will be fine!
Be healthy! And ... smile, gentlemen!
