A team of U.K. researchers has developed a device that cancels out the noise of a dental handpiece during use, potentially easing people's anxiety about trips to the dentist. The prototype device ...

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Dental drills are to be made quieter to reduce patients' anxiety. Japanese scientists are studying the aeroacoustics of dental drills so they can pinpoint the anxiety-triggering sounds and design new, ...

Dental anxiety, also known as odontophobia, prevents people from getting their regular cleanings and keeping up with necessary dental hygiene. One aspect of the anxiety comes from the sound of the ...

Drilling at lower rotation speeds and eliminating the use of dental drills that use both air and water could significantly reduce the spray of aerosols, which may contain SARS-CoV-2, according to a ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The fear of going to the dentist is called odontophobia. One of the biggest sources of this anxiety comes from the high-pitched, ...