
Pain – or the fear of pain – can play a very important role when it comes to patient decisions about procedures. Of course, dentists never claim that such concerns are wholly unfounded. In fact, they will be the first to admit that certain procedures can certainly be physically trying for the patients involved. Processes such as deep extractions, for example, can certainly be pain-inducing without the proper anesthetics. While some procedures might not be so bad in and of themselves, the length







