children 5 years

Question:

My grandson at 5 years has a few holes in the teeth, but do not like to get the mask on so he can get nitrous oxide. He sits well up in his chair but when the mask is approaching, he is very sad. Why can not they give him something soothing before he is to have the mask on? I've heard other dentists do. Dentists are talking about hypnosis?? What can you do the boy no one gets a total fear of dentists. ?

Answer:

Dear Susanne

There are many ways to treat a child who is afraid. There are also several opportunities to give the child something comforting in dentistry. The cases which are quite impossible to treat in the dental chair, may be referred for dental treatment under general anesthesia, but there is much to this happening. I think you should have a chat with dentists who treat your grandchild to hear what the options are and why they might. does not make use of them.

Hope you can use my answer.

Sincerely

Dentist Joan Olsen

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Absences involving risk of caries in children

Absences from dental contracts, dental phobia and parents who avoids dental treatment are risk factors for the development of caries in children, according to a new Swedish study. The study includes more than 500 children and their parents.

The Swedish authors conclude that children who have a history with no-shows and having parents who fail when it comes to respect children's dental contracts - they have an increased risk for having developed caries as five years.

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Read more in Tandlægebladet No. 2 2010 or www.tandlaegebladet.dk

Anaesthesia for dental phobia

Question:

I suffer from dental phobia
much wanted to know if I could go under general anesthesia.

Majbrit

Answer:

Dear Majbrit

It is an absolute last resort when you choose to put a patient under general anesthesia. There are other forms of treatment of dental phobia, blah. hypnosis, acupuncture or premedication with a sedative before each treatment. There are some dental clinics around the country offering general anesthesia. Of course it would be best for you in the future to be treated by your own dentist without anesthesia, try and talk to your dentist about what it is you are so afraid of.

A similar question was previously answered here in the letterbox, and you can see the short list of some dentists offering general anesthesia.

Read the question: Full anesthesia to dental phobia

Hope you can use my answer.

Sincerely

Dentist Joan Olsen

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We are ready to fight obesity

Dental Association interfering in the current debate about whether dentists should measure and weigh children to prevent obesity.

"In Dental Society general, we find it natural that dentists are helping to prevent problems with obesity among children and adolescents. Dentists are in some municipalities already involved in multi-disciplinary counseling on diet and healthy living. This must be done in accordance with the nurse, doctors, dieticians. Dental Association does not want to take on the task that others think they have a better educational foundation to lift, "says a member of the Dental Association's executive committee Inge Marie Behrndtz in the magazine's conductor.

Danish dentists happier than Swedish
Public employees dentists in Denmark have greater job satisfaction than their colleagues in Sweden. It identifies the preliminary results of the Swedish research project "The good jobs" that is underway on. Despite the stress and other negative factors at work, preliminary figures so that 69 percent of Swedish and 77 percent of Danish dentists are experiencing job satisfaction high or very high extent.

Are redheads more dental anxiety? ... And other research Tandlægebladet not brought
If one is born with a long and short legs - you get so often wry? Is true redheads more dental frightened than others? Does herbal tea a special risk for patients with braces?

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Read more in Dentistry Magazine No. 10 2009 or www.tandlaegebladet.dk

Anesthesia for dental phobia

Question:

I suffer from dental phobia. But can not put off dental visit anymore. Can I get treatment under general anesthesia?

Mille

Answer:

Dear Mille

It is an absolute last resort when you choose to put a patient under general anesthesia. There are other forms of treatment of dental phobia, blah. hypnosis, acupuncture or premedication with a sedative before each treatment. There are some dental clinics around the country offering general anesthesia. Of course it would be best for you in the future to be treated by your own dentist without anesthesia, try and talk to your dentist about what it is you are so afraid of.
I'm sending a few examples and telephone number of dentists offering general anesthesia. Since I do not know where in the country you are, I am sending you a few pieces you can contact:

Fyn:
The clinics Faaborg, Funen Implant Center
Tel: 62613402 to 64731390
www.clinics.dk
team@clinics.dk

Jutland:
Birthe and Peder Kold
Bryggersgade 10
7400 Herning
Tel: 97120399

Zealand:
Copenhagen Implant Center
North Voldgade 86
1552 Copenhagen V
Tel: 33123030
www.kic.nu

Hope you can use my answer.

Sincerely

Dentist Joan Olsen

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Removal of wisdom close bihulen

Question:

Hey.
I am going to the dentist on Thursday, and have (among others) removed the last wisdom tooth. It is filled with holes. My dentist says it sits close to bihulen ... I suffer from dental phobia - and already have a stomach ache. It sounds really scary!
Is there some HAZARDS IDENTIFICATION - as my dentist will not / have told me ...?? Possibly. not to make me more scared??

MVH Marianne

Answer:

Dear Marianne

No, there are no specific risks associated with removing a tooth close to bihulen. It is important that the dentist takes precautions whatever level is. In some cases he is getting a hole in the lining of bihulen if the tooth is so close. But it's not something that is dangerous. And when you get among other things, some precautions you should follow after a tooth extraction, and so it grows well together again. It's certainly not something you should be afraid of.

Hope that my answer calms you a little.

Sincerely

Dentist Joan Olsen

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Tandpleje.dk ™ - The road to healthier teeth

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The Danish dental phobia dentists stress

It is estimated that 10-20 percent of Danes are so afraid of the dentist that they have completely dropped the regular dental visits. And that about. 4 out of 10 adult Danes suffer from dental phobia to some degree.

Besides having important consequences for the individual, they have high levels of dental phobia also large societal consequences. It costs society dearly in sickness and in grants to expensive treatments that may be needed after years of neglect and lack of inspection by the dentist.

The fear of dentists affects all groups in society, and not only people with limited resources and profits. "There is a slight over-representation of unemployed, but all groups are affected, including managers and bank managers," said Rod Moore, a researcher at the University of Aarhus, Viborg Folkeblad.

The lack of correlation between educational level and frequency of dental phobia may be related to the cause of dental fear to be found in childhood.

Now dentists with fright
A group Aarhus dentists and psychologists have been awarded 190,000 DKK from Central Jutland to a project to cure dental phobia. One objective of the project is to gain a larger share of the population to go regularly to the dentist. And it is the practitioners who must become better at helping patients with dental fear.

"It is about meeting the patient on a human level. It is important that the dentist sits down and takes one conversation with the patient about this fear and listen to the experiences patients had with dentists. Experiences, which often causes dental fear. And so it is very important that the conversation is not happening in the dental chair, which the patient fears so much, because it is about creating trust, "said Rod Moore, who is project manager at the Research and Treatment Center dental phobia at the School of Dentistry in Aarhus.

"70 percent of people with dental phobia have had a traumatic experience at a dentist before the age of 12 years, and it creates problems for them today. But I hope the project will help a lot of them, "said Rod Moore on.

The dentists also been affected by dental fear
In the description of the project also provides that dentists can get stressful than having to deal with the resistance they encounter from the patient when they have to deal with anxious patients. It can be both mentally and physically exhausting and mean risk for poor treatment of the patient or symptoms of burnout among dentists.

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DDS, PhD, dr. odont. Rod Moore has, among other things in 2006 defended a doctoral thesis on dental fear and pain at Aarhus University with the title " Psychosocial Aspects of dental anxiety and clinical pain phenomena . " He has also been associated Aarhus Dental School for over 20 years, had been private dentist for 20 years and worked at two universities in the United States, including at Ohio State University, where he also obtained his master's degree. Rod Moore has a wide range of publications behind him and has lectured at several universities in both Europe and America.