It’s not good news for Dentists as the latest piece of research by the British Dental Health Foundation suggests that visiting the dentist makes people more nervous than snakes or spiders.
The research echoes last month’s Adult Dental Health Survey which revealed half of adults – especially women – were classified as having moderate to extreme dental anxiety.
The Foundation asked 1,004 people – in the lead up to National Smile Month 2011 – what made them most nervous from a list including heights, flying, injections, doctors, snakes, spiders, going to hospital and visiting the dentist.
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