Comments on: Reducing the Fear Factor http://surgeryinteriordesign.com/blog/reducing-the-fear-factor/ Wed, 07 Jan 2009 02:42:15 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.5 By: Fleur Allen http://surgeryinteriordesign.com/blog/reducing-the-fear-factor/#comment-124 Fleur Allen Mon, 03 Mar 2008 13:49:20 +0000 http://surgeryinteriordesign.com/blog/reducing-the-fear-factor/#comment-124 I am forwarding this onto my husband who has been procrastinating for a long time about returning to the dentist... also, as a fellow baby blogger, am wanting to share with him what you guys do and obviously so well. He was interested in there being a market for interior design for dentists. I hope this will encourage him to go for his 6 monthly check-ups a little more stress free! I am forwarding this onto my husband who has been procrastinating for a long time about returning to the dentist… also, as a fellow baby blogger, am wanting to share with him what you guys do and obviously so well. He was interested in there being a market for interior design for dentists. I hope this will encourage him to go for his 6 monthly check-ups a little more stress free!

]]> By: Jane http://surgeryinteriordesign.com/blog/reducing-the-fear-factor/#comment-56 Jane Sat, 01 Dec 2007 02:59:17 +0000 http://surgeryinteriordesign.com/blog/reducing-the-fear-factor/#comment-56 Wow, these suggestions are wonderful. Why stop at applying them to a dental surgery? I had to take my father to the local hospitals emergency room a few months ago and I can see that these tips (had they been applied) would have helped to decrease our anxiety. Pictures of Ronald McDonald on the walls certainly did not help! It makes the world of difference paying attention to each of the little things you listed - smell, touch, etc. I just wish more dentists and doctors took the time to focus on these aspects in their workplaces. Wow, these suggestions are wonderful. Why stop at applying them to a dental surgery? I had to take my father to the local hospitals emergency room a few months ago and I can see that these tips (had they been applied) would have helped to decrease our anxiety. Pictures of Ronald McDonald on the walls certainly did not help!

It makes the world of difference paying attention to each of the little things you listed - smell, touch, etc. I just wish more dentists and doctors took the time to focus on these aspects in their workplaces.

]]> By: SimoneM http://surgeryinteriordesign.com/blog/reducing-the-fear-factor/#comment-38 SimoneM Sun, 21 Oct 2007 12:06:41 +0000 http://surgeryinteriordesign.com/blog/reducing-the-fear-factor/#comment-38 Hi Natasha, You have restored my faith! Like Joe, my experiences of the dentist were very unpleasant - despite him being a very nice, sympathetic man - and I've kept my visits as rare as possibly since my childhood. I hope all dentists take your suggestions to heart - they would certainly lure one customer back into the fold :) S. Hi Natasha,
You have restored my faith!
Like Joe, my experiences of the dentist were very unpleasant - despite him being a very nice, sympathetic man - and I’ve kept my visits as rare as possibly since my childhood.
I hope all dentists take your suggestions to heart - they would certainly lure one customer back into the fold :)
S.

]]> By: Joe B http://surgeryinteriordesign.com/blog/reducing-the-fear-factor/#comment-35 Joe B Tue, 16 Oct 2007 07:25:16 +0000 http://surgeryinteriordesign.com/blog/reducing-the-fear-factor/#comment-35 This sounds like a fantastic way to go to the dentist, as I recall the memory of my childhood dentist, bad elevator music, 50's furnishings (it wasn't the 50's), the sound of "the drill", and that horrible smell, and not that more gentle aesthetics would have done anything about Dr. Nelson's gigantic hands... but it would have taken the edge off the whole experience. This sounds like a fantastic way to go to the dentist, as I recall the memory of my childhood dentist, bad elevator music, 50’s furnishings (it wasn’t the 50’s), the sound of “the drill”, and that horrible smell, and not that more gentle aesthetics would have done anything about Dr. Nelson’s gigantic hands… but it would have taken the edge off the whole experience.

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