The Dental Anxiety Network will be an online community open to any professionals with an interest in dental anxiety issues.

This includes dentists, psychologists, researchers, dental nurses, hygienists, and anyone else who works in the field of dental anxiety, dental fear, and dental phobia management.

The network will aim to assist in developing expertise, knowledge and practice experience in the area of dental anxiety. It will do this through information sharing, problem solving, networking and research.

Membership is free.

To join this network please click here to register.

Please note that at present, we are only processing applications to join. All valid applicants will be notified by e-mail once the network is operational.

Resources

Topics include:

• Local Anaesthesia Techniques and Issues

• Sedation - RA, oral and IV sedation

• Non-pharmacological Dental Anxiety Management: Behavioural Management, including desensitisation, tell-show-do, cognitive interventions, distraction etc.

• Hypnosis and Relaxation Techniques, including informal hypnosis

• Research: discuss the latest journal articles and papers, or share your own research