10 minutes | Thursday, 13 June 2024
UK’s dental dread: how parents’ dental anxiety is impacting their children’s health
● Nearly half of people in the UK (44%) fear the dentist while three quarters (76%) of those people are put off going to the dentist entirely
● 1 in 5 have been put off taking their children to the dentist due to their own anxiety with 38% of parents reporting that their children are also afraid of the dentist
● Over half of adults report severe nervousness about dental appointments
● Dental appointments are the number one health appointment the nation puts off booking