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In many cases, fear of the dentist (dentophobia) is based on a prior painful experience, such as having had teeth extracted in childhood, says Sam Von Reiche, Psy.D., a clinical psychologist in Ridgewood, NJ.
This story is from the September 2023 edition of Prevention US.
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