How to overcome your fear of the dentist How to overcome your fear of the dentist Most people either are, or have been afraid, of the dentist at one point in time.
Dentists have a bad reputation, to say the very least.
There's no reason to fear the dentist, however. It mostly depends on your experiences with dentists. Many people may have had a bad experience with dentists when they were younger. I, for example, had a very bad dentist, in my opinion, when I was younger. You could hear the children's screams when they were getting dental work done.