Meanings
- uncountableFear of dentists or their medical procedures.
Also realize that dentophobia can be a self-fulfilling prohepcy...
2006, Bill Dorfman, Billion Dollar Smile: A Complete Guide to Your Extreme Smile Makeover, →ISBN, page 1703 more examples
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.
2009, Wendy Conklin, Differentiation Strategies for Language Arts, →ISBN, page 144That'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, →ISBN, page 67There 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...
2014, Sara Latta, Scared Stiff: Everything You Need to Know about 50 Famous Phobias, →ISBN, page 67Synonyms: odontophobia
Synonyms & antonyms
nounFear of dentists or their medical procedures.
Origin
Cite this entry
dentophobia. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/dentophobia
“dentophobia.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/dentophobia. Accessed November 3, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “dentophobia,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/dentophobia.
Source: dentophobia on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.