Dental anxiety or dentophobia is defined as a fear of going to the dentist. This phobia, like all phobias is not just a mild unease at thinking of dental treatments, but a crippling fear that renders the patient physically quite unable to go to the dentists office at all. So this is not just an issue of “I am afraid to go and will not book” but one that sounds more like “I cannot go, despite the fact that I have a toothache”. Dental anxiety can manifest itself in many ways, and although some patients do make it into the actual office, but they are completely paralyzed by fear when they are there, and the dentist frequently cannot get anything done.