odontophobia

plural odontophobias

1. uncountableusuallyAn irrational fear of dentistry.

   In fact, in dentistry, there is often a widespread condition of odontophobia among patients.

   2019 October 8, Rosa De Stefano, “Psychological Factors in Dental Patient Care: Odontophobia”, in Medicina, →DOI

   2 more examples

   Odontophobia, or the fear of dental work, seems equally plausible, as does pentheraphobia - fear of the mother-in-law.

   2008 October 1, “Scared of this? You must be lutraphobic”, in The Daily Mail

   People with dentophobia, also called odontophobia, have a fear of dentists. Someone with dentophobia may have extreme anxiety at the thought of going to the dentist or while in the dentist’s office.

   2022 March 25, “Dentophobia (Fear of Dentists)”, in Cleaveland Clinic

   Synonyms: dentophobia