dentophobia

English

Etymology

From dento- +‎ -phobia.

Noun

dentophobia (uncountable)

1. Fear of dentists or their medical procedures.
   • 2006, Bill Dorfman, Billion Dollar Smile: A Complete Guide to Your Extreme Smile Makeover‎^[1], →ISBN, page 170:

     Also realize that dentophobia can be a self-fulfilling prohepcy...

   • 2009, Wendy Conklin, Differentiation Strategies for Language Arts‎^[2], →ISBN, page 144:

     I've had many problems lately and I desperately need your help. First of all, I have been diagnosed with dentophobia. Because of that, I just can't bring myself to make an appointment even though I'm in terrible pain. I'm not sure if I'll need a root canal or just a filling. Please give me some ideas for how to overcome this phobia.

   • 2014, Sara Latta, Scared Stiff: Everything You Need to Know about 50 Famous Phobias‎^[3], →ISBN, page 67:

     That's because a visit to the dentist—if someone with dentophobia even makes it to the dentist—is likely to result in the classic fight-or-flight symptoms:...

   • 2014, Sara Latta, Scared Stiff: Everything You Need to Know about 50 Famous Phobias‎^[4], →ISBN, page 67:

     There are nearly as many reasons people fear going to the dentist as there are teeth in the mouth. Indeed, dentophobia—the term is from the Latin word dens, meaning "tooth", and sometimes known as odontophobia...

Synonyms

• odontophobia