text: i'd rather a dental professional answer this since they have experience with this problem? hi, if you're a dentist or orthodontist or someone, please answer my question. i'm terrified of the dentist and orthodontist!! more so the dentist, and i don't know why. and worse, my friend want to be a dentist so she's always looking at my teeth and stuff. any help? hello sk8er! yeah im a dentist. let me tel u i was dead scared of dentists when i was small! n i was blessed with teeth that needed a lot of dental treatment.ive got 5 teeth root canal treated,my 4 wisdom teeth had to be extracted cos they were growing slant in my jaw bone.no it wasnt funny then but i can laugh about it now. the thing is i know my patients hate me cos they associate me with pain.. im trying to do my job n do it well i need my patient to co operate. it helps if u relax cos the facial muscles arent strained n its easier for me to work. plus the machinery we use makes this gawd awful sound which no one appreciates-initially not me. we leave u with a horrible taste in your mouth,inject u in places of your mouth u never knew existed n u cant even see what we are doing! so its no wonder people hate us.jokes arent taken well by most patients so we cant act funny. most dentists involuntarily stare at peoples teeth even if they know them as friends-especially if they got a problem that needs to be fixed. tell your friend that it makes u kind of uneasy when she stares at your teeth.. she should take the hint. try visiting the same dentist as far as possible. could help u relax. carry a good book along. eat well before u have an appointment. there are medications that can be prescribed by your dentist to calm u down(anti anxiety drugs) take care n keep smiling... being a dentist is a tough job but someones got to do it!