Nervous Patients

Having a fear of the dentist is incredibly common, but can unfortunately lead to patients avoiding essential dental health examinations, and only booking an appointment when they are in pain or have a dental emergency. While we understand the anxiety, we don’t wish you to put your dental health at risk! For this reason, we do all we can to make a nervous dental patient feel as confident and comfortable as possible, before and during their treatment.

If necessary, you are welcome to come and take a look around the practice in Clapham Common at a date prior to your appointment. This will allow the nervous dental patient to become acquainted and comfortable with the practice environment. Many members of our lovely team have also been here for years, which mean you are assured of a friendly, familiar face at every visit. Our appointments are never rushed and any treatment is taken only at a speed you are comfortable with.

If required, we also offer reassuring sedation solutions. Intravenous sedation and oral sedation is a very safe and reliable method of controlling dental anxiety and phobia. You will remain conscious throughout your appointment, but many patients do not remember much of a procedure or treatment that may have taken an hour or more! Sedated patients often find that time passes very quickly.

Are you a nervous patient? Call our friendly team here in Clapham, to find out how we can help or join us for a look around our practice to meet our team before your appointment. Call us on 020 7622 5333, email reception@dentistsw4.com or complete our contact form.