3. Select a clinician who offers the latest techniques in dental care, including conscious sedation.
Conscious sedation can help reduce your dental anxiety, fear, and apprehension. This new technique will allow you to sleep through the most complex of dental procedures.

4. Make an appointment, and keep it.
Before making an appointment decide that you will follow through, because the doctor has set aside that time just for you. Write down the issues you have concerns about, as well as any questions you need to get answered and resolved. It really doesn’t matter if you have all the desire in the world if you don’t follow through.

5. Call a friend or other family member who will go with you.
Your friends understand you; ask them to help you meet this challenge head on. Do it! Good friends will understand and help you to work through the issue of fear.

6. Care is the principle concern, and your central focus should be getting the best care possible.
After all, you want to get the care and complete the evaluation and treatment in a helpful and understanding environment where you are comfortable.

7. Make a commitment to your health.
To achieve better health in every area of your life, decide to allow no fear to stand in your way.

8. You are your most important priority.
Choose to make you and your health your highest priorities, and change your health so that you can maximize your life.

9. Begin your journey today.
Take charge of your life and decide which issues most concern you. Your dental health should be one of your highest priorities in life. When you have good dental health, your mouth can feed the rest of your body, speak for you effectively, and share your emotions with others in a highly effective and positive way. Don’t allow anxiety and fear of dental care to stand in the way of good oral health, and good health in general.