This Is Your Dentist Visit On Drugs
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What if you could forget you ever went to the dentist? What if the mask, the drill and the needle were mere blips in an incoherent dream and you could erase those images from your consciousness, something like an eternal sunshine of the spotless mouth?And what if you were a dentist and could charge several hundred dollars for the promise of this glorious amnesia, tapping into a vast market of untreated patients hiding for years -- their cavities unfilled, their crowns in disrepair, their gums a mess.
Enter relaxation dentistry, an appealing concept for the large number of people who dread and avoid the dentist. It is a fast-growing, hotly debated niche in the dental world that involves sedating adult patients with antianxiety drugs and sleeping pills for everything from routine cleanings and fillings to multiple root canals.
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Read more about major dental phobia here.
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Check out our tribute to adult celebrities who have braved the orthodontist chair.
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The New York Times | Sarah Kershaw | March 6, 2008 11:14 AM