For Patients

My Dental Fear

Many people have a high level of anxiety and avoid visiting the dentist. However, postponing dental visits out of fear can result in more complex dental problems.

Fortunately, modern dentistry has many innovative products and procedures to make your dental visit a pleasant, painless, fear-free experience. A qualified, compassionate dentist who stays up-to-date with new dental developments can help you successfully overcome your fears, gain a beautiful new smile, and restore your dental health.

What is Dental Phobia

Dental phobia is the serious, often paralyzing, fear of dental care and is not as uncommon as many people think. An estimated 9-15% of all Americans avoid much-needed care because of dental anxiety and fear. This means 30-40 million Americans are so afraid of dental treatment that they avoid it altogether.

Conquering Dental Fear

The Dental Phobia Treatment Center of New York uses systematic desensitization, a controlled form of exposure therapy that gradually breaks down the pervasive fears associated with dental procedures. We have determined that gradual exposure to the dental process in a welcoming, relaxing environment is the best way to defuse your fears and anxieties.

Painless Injections

Achieving painless treatment requires a high level of understanding of how nerve anatomy varies from person to person and even within each person’s mouth. Drs. Krochak and Perlman are not only sensitive to each patient’s anatomy and tolerance for pain, but they carefully assess just how much local anesthetic is required for a painless procedure.

Decay Prevention

Caries (tooth decay) is the technical term for the bacterial infection that causes cavities. Our office is now certified in CAMBRA (Caries Management By Risk Assessment), a completely preventive approach to minimize decay in your mouth. We can perform a risk assessment that includes the use of equipment that evaluates your particular dental plaque for decay causing potential. We can now measure and quantify your particular level of decay-producing organisms! This test takes only 15 seconds to perform.