Are you afraid of the dentist ? Specialists in neuroscience reveal the cause

The sound of a dentist’s drill often causes fear and palpitations of the heart, but what happens in the brain long been a mystery.

Now, researchers in Japan believe that approaching a response after brain scan called on to discover what happens in the brain when a person hears the sound of drills and suction instruments used by dentists .

Deciphering how the human brain reacts to sounds, especially in anxious patients, could help scientists to evaluate different ways to reassure them they, noting how neuronal activity is affected.

About 10 % of the population suffers from severe anxiety regarding dental visits, so many people postpone visits until suffers from pain in teeth or other emergencies, such as a dental abscess. This behavior may generate a negative cycle of events, because patients become more scared because emergency treatment can be traumatic.